" That novel by this author follows the geologist Valentin Sorger through the cities of America.
In an extended sequence, the protagonist of one of this author's novels checks into a hotel room and incessantly asks the proprietor to give the value of every piece of furniture in the room. Another novel by this author is interspersed with discussions of Paul Cézanne in its second section, "The Lesson of Mt. Sainte-Victoire." That novel by this author follows the geologist Valentin Sorger through the cities of America. As a playwright, this man wrote an "anti-play" in which actors repeatedly inform the title group that there is no plot to the play being performed. This author of Slow Homecoming and Offending the Audience wrote a novel in which the construction worker Bloch murders a woman named Gerda. That novel by this man was adapted into a film by Wim Wenders, for whom this man also wrote the screenplay for Wings of Desire. For 10 points, name this Austrian author of The Goalie's Anxiety at the Penalty Kick.
In an extended sequence, the protagonist of one of this author's novels checks into a hotel room and incessantly asks the proprietor to give the value of every piece of furniture in the room.
Peter Handke