About music

For him, the music player was a symbol of tranquility, or the way to comfort and sit in serenity without movement, and even without breath, nothing would bring him out of that state except his deliberate steps, which celebrate his intention to press the play button. He was never to depart from that dignity, so enthusiasm would not take over him, nor would he be haunted by dreams and fantasies of wakefulness while listening to it, especially when he played the music he loved, that pure classical music that takes him back to previous times. And when the music flowed from the heart of the device, he felt a thrill he only later experienced in moments of love. That feeling which he could only describe after a quarter of a century had passed since that moment: he was immersed and melted into the music. And even that description was not entirely accurate of the depths of his feelings. Peter Handke, an Austrian writer, novelist, playwright, and translator, born in 1942, and awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 2019. His fame began in 1966 with the publication of his first novel, and he became a star in German-speaking literary circles with the success of his plays during the 1960s. Handke has won many major awards and has sparked controversy in many situations and times, and over many years, he continued to amaze literature lovers with his works that excel in depicting human emotions and creatively approach the depths of minds and hearts.