Annotation: Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, "Nadirs" is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside. The individual tales reveal a child's often nightmarish impressions of life in her village. Seamlessly mixing reality with dream-like images, they brilliantly convey the inner, troubled life of a child and at the same time capture the violence and corruption of life under an oppressive state. Herta Muller has been one of the most prolific and acclaimed German-language writers of the last decade. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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Book information:

Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Press
Published in: USA
Date: 1999
Pages: 122

ID: 233588
EAN/ISBN13: 978-0-8032-8254-4
ISBN10: 0-8032-8254-0
Weight category: Standard