Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied

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Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied is a 1972 novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that follows a disoriented European narrator on a reflective road trip across the United States after the breakup of his marriage.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Peter Handke NERFINISHED
authorNationality Austrian
centralTheme alienation
cross-cultural experience
displacement
identity
marital breakup
self-discovery
countryOfOrigin Austria
exploresRelationship protagonist and estranged wife
genre autobiographical fiction
novel
road novel
hasCharacterType European intellectual abroad
hasEnglishTranslation Short Letter, Long Farewell NERFINISHED
hasForm epistolary elements
hasMedium print
hasMotif farewell
journey
letter
hasPageCount novel-length
hasReception considered one of Peter Handke's important early novels
hasSubject European perception of America
memory and reflection
personal crisis
hasTitleInEnglish Short Letter, Long Farewell NERFINISHED
languageStyle experimental
introspective
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement postmodern literature
mainCharacter unnamed European narrator
narrativePerspective first-person narrative
originalLanguage German
partOfAuthorWorkPeriod Handke's early prose phase
placeOfPublication Germany NERFINISHED
plotSummary A disoriented European narrator undertakes a reflective road trip across the United States after the breakup of his marriage
publicationYear 1972
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag NERFINISHED
setting United States of America
surface form: United States
settingPeriod 20th century

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Peter Handke notableWork Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied
Peter Handke notableWork Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied
this entity surface form: Short Letter, Long Farewell
Peter Handke wrote Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied