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Book Review, Classic, European Literature, Fiction, Novel, Translation

The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller

How true is this opening line? When we don’t speak, we become unbearable, and when we do, we make fools of ourselves. Ms. Muller opens and closes her novel, The Land of Green Plums, with this line so she must thinks it’s important.  It must be the key her novel’s theme. What meaning can we find in it?  How different is the thought behind it … Continue reading The Land of Green Plums by Herta Muller

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Book Review, Classic, European Literature, Fiction, Novel, Translation

The Appointment by Herta Muller

Honestly, I think Nobel Prize Winner stickers should include the word ‘warning. Warning: Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.  Put it in bold face red type as well.  Buyer beware.  Difficult literature ahead.  “Sit bolt upright in that straight back chair and get set,” as Laurie Anderson said in her song “Difficult Listening Hour.” Herta Muller, born in Romania, lived under the repressive regime … Continue reading The Appointment by Herta Muller

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