A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
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A Sorrow Beyond Dreams is a short autobiographical work by Austrian writer Peter Handke that reflects on his mother's life and suicide with stark, introspective prose.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| A Sorrow Beyond Dreams canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
autobiographical work
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book ⓘ novella ⓘ |
| about |
Austrian provincial life
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Peter Handke's mother ⓘ suicide in a small-town context ⓘ |
| author | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| depicts |
life of Peter Handke's mother
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suicide of Peter Handke's mother ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical literature
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memoir ⓘ non-fiction ⓘ |
| hasAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
constraints on women in traditional society
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family history ⓘ limits of language ⓘ memory and representation ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ silence and speech ⓘ social oppression ⓘ |
| hasTone |
analytical
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restrained ⓘ sober ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (English) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | German ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle |
essayistic
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introspective prose ⓘ sparse prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
grief
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memory ⓘ mother–son relationship ⓘ postwar Austria ⓘ suicide ⓘ working-class life ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of reportage and reflection
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formal experimentation ⓘ unflinching treatment of suicide ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonist | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Carinthia
NERFINISHED
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rural Austria ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | Wunschloses Unglück NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workOf | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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