· Set in Romania at the height of Ceauescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished province for the city in search of better prospects and camaraderie. But their hopes are ravaged, because the city, no less than the countryside, bears everywhere the mark of the dictatorship's corrosive www.doorway.ru: Picador. Herta Müller is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, as well as the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and the European Literature Prize. She is the author of, among other books, The Hunger Angel and The Land of Green Plums. Born in Romania in , Müller lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats after refusing to cooperate with Ceausescu's secret www.doorway.ru by: 3. · The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller. Nicholas Lezard's choice. Nicholas Lezard. Fri www.doorway.ruted Reading Time: 4 mins.
The Land of Green Plums Background. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Herta Müller 's transcendent The Land of Green Plums tells the story of four young people living in a Soviet-imposed totalitarian police state in Romania. Set in Romania at the height of Ceauescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished province for the city in search of better prospects and camaraderie. But their hopes are ravaged, because the city, no less than the countryside, bears everywhere the mark of the dictatorship's corrosive touch. Herta Müller's The Land of Green Plums, a critique of Ceausescu's Communist regime, explores the definition of freedom through linguistic rebellion. The unnamed protagonist utilizes her minority language, German, in the form of poetry, letters, and cryptic codes to challenge communist ideology and to undermine Ceausescu's censorship.
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. The Land of Green Plums by Herta Müller. Nicholas Lezard's choice. Nicholas Lezard. Fri EST. 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.
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