The Trilogy of Novels by the Argentinian-Austrian Writer Germán Kratowchwil: the Big World in the Small World of Patagonia
Abstract
Germán Kratochwil, born 1938 in Austria, emigrated early on to Argentina but didn’t come to literature until later in life after a long career as a social scientist. Meanwhile, he has published three novels in German: Scherbengericht (2012), Río Puro (2013) und Territorium (2016). Since the setting of all three works is Patagonia, it makes sense to speak of a Patagonian trilogy of novels by the author. On the basis of a considerable arsenal of characters, the motifs lie in confrontations with the past and present, attempts to escape from society, and the effects of world conflicts on an only seemingly isolated Patagonia. These motifs are explored in an exact textual analysis. Ultimately, the events of big world show themselves in the small world of Patagonia, resulting in a worldview that points to a hardly secure future.
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