Nadirs

by Herta Müller

Book Overview

Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, Nadirs is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta M ller'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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0803282540
• ISBN13: 9780803282544
• Release Date: September 1999
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 126 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.3" x 8.0"