Nadirs

Name: Nadirs
Brand: University of Nebraska Press

University of Nebraska Press

NadirsAuthor(s): Herta Muller, Sieglinde Lug, Sieglinde Lug\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Nebraska Press, United States\nImprint: University of Nebraska Press\nISBN-13: 9780803282544, 978-0803282544\nSynopsis\nJuxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, Nadirs is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Mllers childhood in the Romanian countryside. The individual tales reveal a childs 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.