Slow Homecoming

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Slow Homecoming is a 1979 experimental novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke that interweaves three loosely connected narratives exploring alienation, identity, and the search for belonging.

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Slow Homecoming canonical 2
Slow Homecoming (English translation) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf experimental novel ⓘ
novel ⓘ
author Peter Handke ⓘ
authorNationality Austrian ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Austria ⓘ
explores concept of home ⓘ
experience of exile ⓘ
relationship between perception and reality ⓘ
focusesOn inner life of the protagonist ⓘ
genre experimental literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
hasMainCharacter unnamed protagonist ⓘ
hasPart Child Story ⓘ
The Lesson of Mont Sainte-Victoire ⓘ
The Long Way Around ⓘ
hasTranslation Slow Homecoming (English translation) ⓘ
linked to: Slow Homecoming
languageStyle meditative ⓘ
precise ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
literaryTechnique metafictional elements ⓘ
stream of consciousness ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
narrativeForm three-part structure ⓘ
narrativeStyle fragmented narrative ⓘ
introspective prose ⓘ
notableWorkOf Peter Handke ⓘ
numberOfNarratives 3 ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase middle period of Peter Handke ⓘ
publicationYear 1979 ⓘ
publisher Suhrkamp Verlag ⓘ
setting Austria ⓘ
France ⓘ
United States ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
homecoming ⓘ
identity ⓘ
search for belonging ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting 20th century ⓘ
translatedInto English ⓘ

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Peter Handke → notableWork → Slow Homecoming ⓘ
Langsame Heimkehr → hasTranslation → Slow Homecoming ⓘ
Slow Homecoming → hasTranslation → Slow Homecoming (English translation) ⓘ
linked to: Slow Homecoming