Ebook {Epub PDF} The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller

Born in Romania in , Herta Müller lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats after refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's Secret Police. She succeeded in emigrating in and now 4/5(24). Widely regarded as Muller's best novel, The Land of Green Plums is a beautifully written and unflinching portrayal of life under the totalitarian regime of Ceausescu's Romania. Herztier = The Land of Green Plums, Herta Müller The Land of Green Plums is a novel by Herta Müller, published in Perhaps Müller's best-known work, the story portrays four young people living in a totalitarian police state under the Soviet-imposed communist dictatorship in Romania, ending with their emigration to Germany/5.

The land of green plums Item Preview remove-circle Share or Embed This Item. Share to Twitter. Share to Facebook. Share to Reddit. The land of green plums by Herta Müller. Publication date Topics Political corruption -- Fiction., Totalitarianism -- Fiction., Romania -- History -- -- Fiction. The Land of Green Plums begins with a song: 'everyone had a friend in every wisp of cloud / that's how it is with friends where the world is full of fear / even my mother said, that's how it is / friends are out of the question / think of more serious things.' So when I say the novel is about four friends, I use the word delicately. The story is told by a young woman who belongs to the. Herztier = The Land of Green Plums, Herta Müller The Land of Green Plums is a novel by Herta Müller, published in Perhaps Müller's best-known work, the story portrays four young people living in a totalitarian police state under the Soviet-imposed communist dictatorship in Romania, ending with their emigration to Germany.

The English translation is possibly misleading; "The Land of Green Plums" might suggest an aura of nostalgia or romanticism that doesn't fit the book on any level. There are 'green plums' in the story, but they are toxic to those who eat them in the presence of anything honorable. Born in Romania in , Herta Müller lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats after refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's Secret Police. She succeeded in emigrating in and now. The Land of Green Plums (German: Herztier) is a novel by Herta Müller, published in by Rowohlt Verlag. Perhaps Müller's best-known work, the story portrays four young people living in a totalitarian police state in Communist Romania, ending with their emigration to Germany.