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The land of green plums : a novel / Herta Müller ; translated by Michael Hofmann.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: engger Publication details: London : Granta Books, 1993Description: 242p. ; 22cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781862072275 pbk
  • 9781862072275 pbk
Uniform titles:
  • Herztier, English
Subject(s): Summary: Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished provinces 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
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Fiction Fiction ATU Dublin Road Fiction FIC. MUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J121782
Fiction Fiction ATU Mayo Fiction FIC. MUL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available J164451

Originally published in Germany in 1993. First published in Great Britain by Granta Books in 1998. English translation © 1996 by Metropolitan Books.

Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, The Land of Green Plums tells the story of a group of young people who leave the impoverished provinces 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

Translated from the German.

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