.png){kind=logo}
Stock image for illustration purposes only - book cover, edition or condition may vary.
Description for Nadirs
Paperback. Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, this title presents a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller's childhood in the Romanian countryside. Translator(s): Lug, Sieglinde. Series: European Women Writers. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: FA; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
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.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Series
European Women Writers
Condition
New
Weight
180g
Number of Pages
126
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803282544
SKU
V9780803282544
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1
About Herta Müller
Herta Muller, winner of the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature, has been one of the most prolific and acclaimed German-language writers of the last two decades. Born in 1953 in the Banat, a German-language region of Romania, she emigrated to West Berlin in 1987 and currently lives in Berlin. Sieglinde Lug is a professor emerita of German and comparative ... Read more
Reviews for Nadirs
The world of the village, as Muller celebrates it, rustles on these pages. Each line, each paragraph, such a wedding of insight and the fantastic that I could scarcely hold the book without trembling. -Alan Cheuse, All Things Considered
All Things Considered Alan Cheuse
All Things Considered Alan Cheuse