Beschreibung:
Explores how contemporary novels dealing with flight and expulsion after the Second World War unsettle traditional notions of Heimat without abandoning place-based notions of belonging.
Introduction: Geocritical Approaches to Place-Bound BelongingHeimat and the Spatial TurnNarrative and SpaceFlight and ExpulsionWriting, Attachment to Place, and Jewish Expulsion in Bienek's TetralogySpatial Practices in Bienek's TetralogyWriting (beyond) Memories of Loss: Novels by Christoph Hein, Reinhard Jirgl, Kathrin Schmidt, and Tanja DückersNew Approaches to Flight and Expulsion: Border Regions in Novels by Sabrina Janesch and Olga TokarczukConclusion: "Lived Spaces" in Literary NarrativesFilmographyWorks CitedIndex