The Left-Handed Woman
novel by Handke
Also known as: “Die linkshändige Frau”
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The Left-Handed Woman (1976) is a novel by Austrian writer Peter Handke. The novel is described as a dispassionate account of a young mother experiencing disorientation after separating from her husband. A dominant theme in Handke's work, including this novel, is the idea that ordinary language and everyday reality can be constricting, with an underlying current of irrationality and confusion. Handke was awarded the 2019 Nobel Prize in Literature for his influential work exploring human experience with linguistic ingenuity.12
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