Die Romantrilogie des argentinisch-österreichischen Schriftstellers Germán Kratochwil: das Große im Kleinen Patagoniens
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Title
Die Romantrilogie des argentinisch-österreichischen Schriftstellers Germán Kratochwil: das Große im Kleinen Patagoniens
List of Authors
Reinhard Andress
Abstract
Germán Kratochwil, born in Austria in 1938, soon emigrated to Argentina, but came late to literature after a long career as a sociologist. Meanwhile three novels in German have appeared : Scherbengericht (2012), Río Puro (2013) and Territorium(2016). Since the setting for all three is Patagonia, one could speak of a trilogy of Patagonian novels. Hand in hand with a considerable arsenal of characters, the motives remain constant in the confrontation between past and present, in attempts at social ascent and in the effects of international conflicts in a Patagonia far from the world, only apparently. Through a precise textual analysis, the reasons mentioned are studied here to conclude that in the smallness of Patagonia, even with a somewhat oscillating vision of the world, the great events of the world point to an unclear future.
Date
2019
Publication Title
Revista de Filología Alemana
Publisher
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Identifier
DOI 10.5209/rfal.64352
Bibliographic Citation
Reinhard Andress. “Die Romantrilogie des argentinisch-österreichischen Schriftstellers Germán Kratochwil: das Große im Kleinen Patagoniens.” Revista de Filología Alemana, Vol. 27 (2019), pp. 81-96.
