Nadirs (autobiography)
.jpg) 1982 Kriterion (Bucharest) edition[1] | |
| Author | Herta Müller |
|---|---|
| Original title | Niederungen |
| Translator | Sieglinde Lug |
| Language | German |
| Genre | Short story, autobiography |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press (US) |
Publication date | 1982 |
| Publication place | Romania |
Published in English | 1999 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 118 p. (paperback edition) |
| ISBN | 978-0-8032-8254-4 (paperback edition) |
Nadirs (German: Niederungen) is a collection of largely autobiographical short stories by Romanian-German writer and Nobel laureate Herta Müller. The stories center on life in the Romanian countryside.[2]
The book was first released in Romania in 1982, where it received a prize awarded by the Central Committee of the Union of Communist Youth. A supposedly uncensored version, missing four chapters of the Romanian version, was smuggled to Germany and released in 1984.[3]
Stories
- The Funeral Sermon
- The Swabian Bath
- My Family
- Nadirs
- Rotten Pears
- Oppressive Tango
- The Window
- The Man with the Matchbox
- Village Chronicle
- About German Mustaches and Hair Parts
- The Intervillage Bus
- Mother, Father, and the Little One
- The Street Sweepers
- Black Park
- Workday
References
- ^ "Highs and Lowlands: desperately seeking Romanian publications by Herta Müller". 8 July 2011.
- ^ Fischer, Tibor (24 October 2009). "The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2011.
- ^ Karolides, Nicholas J. (2005). 120 banned books : censorship histories of world literature. Bald, Margaret., Sova, Dawn B., Karolides, Nicholas J. New York: Checkmark Books/Facts On File. p. 24. ISBN 0-8160-6504-7. OCLC 56324787.