Booklist. LXXXI, June 1, 1985, p. 1370.
Choice. XXXIII, September, 1985, p. 122.
Firda, Richard Arthur. Peter Handke. New York: Twayne, 1993. Covers Handke’s work through the tetralogy (chapter 5) and beyond. Annotated bibliography.
Kirkus Reviews. LIII, March 15, 1985, p. 237.
Klinkowitz, Jerome, and James Knowlton. Peter Handke and the Postmodern Transformation: The Goalie’s Journey Home. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1983. Places Handke’s work in the context of postmodern literature. Useful for understanding the themes of postmodern literature.
Library Journal. CX, June 15, 1985, p. 72.
Los Angeles Times. May 22, 1985, V, p. 18.
Modern Fiction Studies 36, no. 3 (Autumn, 1990). Provides different perspectives on Slow Homecoming. Hugo Caviola’s article is especially informative.
The New Republic. CXCII, June 17, 1985, p. 31.
New Statesman. CX, August 2, 1985, p. 28.
The New York Times Book Review. XC, August 4, 1985, p. 11.
Publishers Weekly. CCXXVII, April 19, 1985, p. 69.
Schlueter, June, ed. The Plays and Novels of Peter Handke. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1981. Provides an overview of Handke’s work up to 1981. Includes an interview with Handke.
Washington Post Book World. XV, July 28, 1985, p. 6.
Wesche, Ulrich. “Peter Handke, Walker Percy, and the End of Modernity.” Essays in Literature 19, no. 2 (Fall, 1992): 291-297. Establishes a link between the philosophies of Handke and Percy (two of whose books Handke has translated into German). Addresses the postmodernist crisis in language and Handke’s desire for the transparency of words.