A Sorrow Beyond Dreams by Peter Handke

A Sorrow Beyond Dreams

Peter Handke with Ralph Manheim (Translator), Jeffrey Eugenides

76 pages first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction biography memoir reflective slow-paced
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Peter Handke's mother was an invisible woman. Throughout her life—which spanned the Nazi era, the war, and the postwar consumer economy—she struggled to maintain appearances, only to arrive at a terrible recognition: "I'm not human any more." Not ...

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sad 82%
reflective 70%
dark 58%
emotional 52%
challenging 26%
tense 14%
informative 5%
mysterious 2%
relaxing 2%

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slow 23%

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