Slow Homecoming (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Peter Handke
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Philosophical realism
- Time of Work: Late 1970’s and early 1980’s
- Setting: The United States, France, and Germany
- Principal Characters: Valentin Sorger, Lauffer, Native American Woman, A Family in California, A Stranger in New York, The Narrator, A Man, A Woman, Their Daughter, Nova, Gregor, Hans, Sophie
- Genres: Long fiction, Philosophical realism
- Subjects: 1970’s, North America or North Americans, Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Parents and children, Traveling or travelers, France or French people, Nature, Europe or Europeans, Art or artists, 1980’s, Single parents or single-parent families, Painting or painters, Germany or German people, Alaska, Arctic, Geology or geologists
- Locales: New York, NY, France, Germany, Denver, CO, Alaska, Northern California
The Story:
The Long Way Around. The geologist Sorger was doing research in the vicinity of a small Indian village in Alaska. He knew few people there: his friend and fellow scientist Lauffer, and an Indian woman with whom he had a relationship. At first he and the woman kept their affair secret. However, they gradually allowed their relationship to be apparent to others. The time Sorger had in Alaska was limited. He returned to his house in an unnamed university town in California. Sorger had a close relationship with a neighbor family. On his way eastward, Sorger...
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