Wunschloses Unglück

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Wunschloses Unglück is a semi-autobiographical novella by Austrian writer Peter Handke that poignantly recounts his mother's life and suicide.

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Wunschloses Unglück canonical 5

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instanceOf novella ⓘ
semi-autobiographical work ⓘ
author Peter Handke ⓘ
authorNationality Austrian ⓘ
basedOn life of Handke's mother ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
depicts Austrian provincial life ⓘ
suicide of the narrator's mother ⓘ
firstPublicationForm book ⓘ
hasEnglishTitle A Sorrow Beyond Dreams ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasNarrator Peter Handke ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 80–100 pages ⓘ
hasStructure retrospective account ⓘ
hasTone melancholic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ
sober ⓘ
literaryGenre autobiographical fiction ⓘ
novella ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
mainSubject life of Peter Handke's mother ⓘ
post-war Austrian society ⓘ
suicide ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor portrayal of Handke's mother ⓘ
reflection on suicide ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ
partOfAuthorOeuvre works by Peter Handke ⓘ
publicationYear 1972 ⓘ
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
settingCountry Austria ⓘ
settingPeriod post-World War II era ⓘ
theme family relationships ⓘ
female experience ⓘ
grief ⓘ
memory and narration ⓘ
rural life ⓘ
social constraints ⓘ
titleLanguage German ⓘ
translatedInto Dutch ⓘ
English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Italian ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ

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Peter Handke → notableWork → Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ
Peter Handke → wrote → Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ
Wunschloses Unglück → originalTitle → Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams → titleInOriginalLanguage → Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ