A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
E1034718
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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| A Sorrow Beyond Dreams canonical | 2 |
| A Sorrow Beyond Dreams (English) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13350821 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Context triple: [Peter Handke, notableWork, A Sorrow Beyond Dreams]
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A.
A Song of Despair
A Song of Despair is the melancholic closing poem of Pablo Neruda’s collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair," expressing themes of lost love and profound emotional anguish.
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B.
Heart of the Dreamer
Heart of the Dreamer is a musical track, likely in an atmospheric or emotional style, associated with the artist or project So Familiar.
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C.
The Darkening Dream
The Darkening Dream is a dark fantasy/horror novel by Andy Gavin that blends occult themes, historical settings, and supernatural suspense.
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D.
Sorrows
Sorrows is the English meaning of the Latin word "Tristia," often associated with themes of grief, melancholy, and lamentation.
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E.
The Wound and the Dream
The Wound and the Dream is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his novel "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Target entity description: 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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A.
A Song of Despair
A Song of Despair is the melancholic closing poem of Pablo Neruda’s collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair," expressing themes of lost love and profound emotional anguish.
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B.
Heart of the Dreamer
Heart of the Dreamer is a musical track, likely in an atmospheric or emotional style, associated with the artist or project So Familiar.
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C.
The Darkening Dream
The Darkening Dream is a dark fantasy/horror novel by Andy Gavin that blends occult themes, historical settings, and supernatural suspense.
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D.
Sorrows
Sorrows is the English meaning of the Latin word "Tristia," often associated with themes of grief, melancholy, and lamentation.
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E.
The Wound and the Dream
The Wound and the Dream is a lesser-known work by American author Robert Paul Smith, best remembered for his novel "Where Did You Go? Out. What Did You Do? Nothing."
- F. None of above. chosen
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 ⓘ |
| 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)
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linked to:
A Sorrow Beyond Dreams
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| 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 ⓘ |
| setting |
Carinthia
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rural Austria ⓘ |
| timePeriod | post-World War II era ⓘ |
| titleInOriginalLanguage | Wunschloses Unglück ⓘ |
| workOf | Peter Handke ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: A Sorrow Beyond Dreams