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Slow Homecoming (German: Langsame Heimkehr) is a 1979 collection of three novellas by the Austrian writer Peter Handke. Plot [ edit ] "The Long Way Around" is about a European scientist who relocates from Alaska to California, which disrupts his sense of space.
Jan 1, 1981 · Slow Homecoming is a collection of three novella length pieces (written and published as separate works from 1979-1981) that explore the meaning of home in strikingly different ways. The first, "The Long Way Around," introduces a geologist named Sorger who is living and working in the far north.
Sep 20, 2011 · Slow homecoming by Handke, Peter. Publication date 1985 Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus, and Giroux Collection internetarchivebooks; americana ...
A novel of self-questioning and self-discovery, Slow Homecoming is a singular odyssey, an escape from the distractions of the modern world and the unhappy consciousness, a voyage that is fraught and fearful but ultimately restorative, ending on an unexpected note of joy. The book begins in America.
Book Details. In this haunting suite of three fictions, Nobel Prize winner Peter Handke cements his reputation as one of the most talented writers of the Twentieth Century.
Mar 31, 2009 · A novel of self-questioning and self-discovery, Slow Homecoming is a singular odyssey, an escape from the distractions of the modern world and the unhappy consciousness, a voyage...
Mar 31, 2009 · A novel of self-questioning and self-discovery, Slow Homecoming is a singular odyssey, an escape from the distractions of the modern world and the unhappy consciousness, a voyage that is fraught and fearful but ultimately restorative, ending on an unexpected note of joy.
