Tags: Novel.
Short Letter Long Farewell (German: Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied) is a 1972 novel by the Austrian writer Peter Handke. It tells the story of a young Austrian writer who travels across the United States in search of his wife. It shares many themes and motifs with the film Alice in the Cities from 1974 directed by Handke’s frequent collaborator Wim Wenders; the film can be seen as a response to the book.