Paperback, 126 pages, University of Nebraska Press (12 October 2009); ISBN-10: 0803282540; ISBN-13: 978-0803282544

Juxtaposing reality and fantasy, nightmares and dark laughter, Nadirs is a collection of largely autobiographical stories based on Herta Muller’s childhood in the Romanian countryside. The individual tales reveal a child’s often nightmarish impressions of life in her village. Seamlessly mixing reality with dream-like images, they brilliantly convey the inner, troubled life of a child and at the same time capture the violence and corruption of life under an oppressive state. Herta Muller has been one of the most prolific and acclaimed German-language writers of the last decade. She was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature.
A new translation from Herta Muller, ‘The Appointment’, will be released later this year by Portobello Books.
‘Nadirs’ is available to order from Amazon.co.uk, and Waterstones.com. RRP: £10.99.