“The border is not at the border.” Traveling on One Leg follows Irene, a young woman who flees the oppressive regime of Ceaușescu’s Romania for West Germany. Disoriented […]
German literature
Nadirs
“The village is a mouth that chews and swallows.” Nadirs (originally Niederungen) is a collection of short stories and vignettes by Herta Müller, depicting life in a rural, […]
German literature
The Hunger Angel
“Everything I have, I carry with me.” The Hunger Angel follows Leo Auberg, a young man from Romania, who is deported to a Soviet labor camp after World […]
German literature
The Appointment
“They’re always watching. Even when you think you’re alone, they’re there.” The Appointment follows a young Romanian woman, a factory worker, as she rides a tram to an […]