The Land Of Green Plums
Autor Herta Muller Traducere de Michael Hofmannen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 sep 1999
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781862072602
ISBN-10: 1862072604
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 130 x 197 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:2 ed
Editura: GRANTA BOOKS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1862072604
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 130 x 197 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Ediția:2 ed
Editura: GRANTA BOOKS
Locul publicării:United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Born in Romania in 1953, Herta Muller lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats after refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's Secret Police. She succeeded in emigrating in 1987 and now lives in Berlin. A renowned novelist, poet and essayist, Muller won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009.
Descriere
Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, this title tells the story of a group of young students, each of whom has left the impoverished provinces in search of better prospects in the city.
Recenzii
“Unflinching. . . Ms. Müller’s vision of a police state manned by plum thieves reads like a kind of fairy tale on the mingled evils of gluttony, stupidity and brutality.”—"The New York Times Book Review"
“Müller has triumphed in her honesty, and The Land of Green Plums is her testimony. . . .Describes in precisely hewn detail what is was like to live in Romania under communism.”—"The Washington Post
"“Ms. Müller’s rich, harsh, obsessive imagery captures the surreal beauty and the difficulty of Ceausescu-era Romania.”—"The Boston Book Review" “This heartbreaking tale is bitter and dark, yet beautiful. . . Stark and telling.”—"San Diego Union-Tribune
"“"The Land of Green Plums" works hauntingly, disturbingly well.”—"The Guardian" (UK) “Impressive, wholly authentic. . . a bleak fable with the flickering intensity of a nightmare.”—
"Unflinching. . . Ms. Muller's vision of a police state manned by plum thieves reads like a kind of fairy tale on the mingled evils of gluttony, stupidity and brutality."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Muller has triumphed in her honesty, and The Land of Green Plums is her testimony. . . .Describes in precisely hewn detail what is was like to live in Romania under communism."--"The Washington Post
""Ms. Muller's rich, harsh, obsessive imagery captures the surreal beauty and the difficulty of Ceausescu-era Romania."--"The Boston Book Review" "This heartbreaking tale is bitter and dark, yet beautiful. . . Stark and telling."--"San Diego Union-Tribune
"""The Land of Green Plums" works hauntingly, disturbingly well."--"The Guardian" (UK) "Impressive, wholly authentic. . . a bleak fable with the flickering intensity of a nightmare."--"International Herald Tribune" "This is a novel of strong, spare poetry in translation. Again and again, its speech startles. Then it quickly sounds just right, and it becomes hard to imagine there might not have been a Herta Muller to transcribe these urgent whispers."--"The Australian" "By paying careful attention to the slightest nuances of life in Romania the book gives an accurate description of what it was like to be alive anywhere in Eastern Europe during the years of communism. . . Muller has triumphed in her honesty and "The Land of Green Plums "is her testimony."--"The Washington Times"
“Müller has triumphed in her honesty, and The Land of Green Plums is her testimony. . . .Describes in precisely hewn detail what is was like to live in Romania under communism.”—"The Washington Post
"“Ms. Müller’s rich, harsh, obsessive imagery captures the surreal beauty and the difficulty of Ceausescu-era Romania.”—"The Boston Book Review" “This heartbreaking tale is bitter and dark, yet beautiful. . . Stark and telling.”—"San Diego Union-Tribune
"“"The Land of Green Plums" works hauntingly, disturbingly well.”—"The Guardian" (UK) “Impressive, wholly authentic. . . a bleak fable with the flickering intensity of a nightmare.”—
"Unflinching. . . Ms. Muller's vision of a police state manned by plum thieves reads like a kind of fairy tale on the mingled evils of gluttony, stupidity and brutality."--"The New York Times Book Review"
"Muller has triumphed in her honesty, and The Land of Green Plums is her testimony. . . .Describes in precisely hewn detail what is was like to live in Romania under communism."--"The Washington Post
""Ms. Muller's rich, harsh, obsessive imagery captures the surreal beauty and the difficulty of Ceausescu-era Romania."--"The Boston Book Review" "This heartbreaking tale is bitter and dark, yet beautiful. . . Stark and telling."--"San Diego Union-Tribune
"""The Land of Green Plums" works hauntingly, disturbingly well."--"The Guardian" (UK) "Impressive, wholly authentic. . . a bleak fable with the flickering intensity of a nightmare."--"International Herald Tribune" "This is a novel of strong, spare poetry in translation. Again and again, its speech startles. Then it quickly sounds just right, and it becomes hard to imagine there might not have been a Herta Muller to transcribe these urgent whispers."--"The Australian" "By paying careful attention to the slightest nuances of life in Romania the book gives an accurate description of what it was like to be alive anywhere in Eastern Europe during the years of communism. . . Muller has triumphed in her honesty and "The Land of Green Plums "is her testimony."--"The Washington Times"