Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

Publication Title

Revista de Filología Alemana

Volume

27

Pages

81-96

Publisher Name

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

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.

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Author Posting © Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 2019. This article is posted here by permission of the Universidad Complutense de Madrid for personal use, not for redistribution. The article was published in Revista de Filología Alemana, Volume 27, 2019, https://doi.org/10.5209/rfal.64352

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