The Left-Handed Woman
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The Left-Handed Woman is a 1976 novella by Austrian writer Peter Handke that quietly explores alienation and a woman's sudden decision to live independently from her husband.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Left-Handed Woman canonical | 2 |
Statements (29)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book translation
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film ⓘ novella ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| author | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Left-Handed Woman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Austria ⓘ |
| director | Peter Handke NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | a woman's decision to live independently from her husband ⓘ |
| form | prose ⓘ |
| genre |
literary fiction
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novella ⓘ psychological fiction ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | The Left-Handed Woman (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | The Left-Handed Woman (English translation) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodern literature ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | a woman who decides to live independently from her husband ⓘ |
| mainTheme |
alienation
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female independence ⓘ marital separation ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle |
introspective
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minimalist ⓘ |
| nationality | Austrian ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| protagonistGender | female ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1976 ⓘ |
| publisher | Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1978 ⓘ |
| setting | contemporary West Germany ⓘ |
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