Traveling on One Leg
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Traveling on One Leg is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller
, published in German in 1989 by Rotbuch Verlag. Published after Müller's emigration to Germany
, it is cited in 2010's History of the Literary Cultures of East Central Europe, along with Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel
and The Land of Green Plums
, as drawing attention to her work in the West
.
The protagonist is a fragile woman born to a German family in Romania, who has just emigrated from Romania to West Germany. It explores the themes of exile, homeland, and identity, and the protagonist's relationship with three different men.
The novel, one of several for which the author was known when winning the Nobel in 2009, was published in English in 1998 by Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press
, translated by Valentina Glajar and André Lefevere
.
Herta Müller
Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Communist Romania under the repressive Nicolae Ceauşescu regime which she experienced herself...
, published in German in 1989 by Rotbuch Verlag. Published after Müller's emigration to Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, it is cited in 2010's History of the Literary Cultures of East Central Europe, along with Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel
Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel
Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel is a book by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller. It was first published in 1991 after Müller's emigration to Germany and is cited in 2010's History of the Literary Cultures of East Central Europe, along with Traveling on One Leg and The Land of Green Plums, as...
and The Land of Green Plums
The Land of Green Plums
The Land of Green Plums is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller, published in 1994 by Rowohlt Verlag. Perhaps Müller's best-known work, the story portrays four young people living in a totalitarian police state under the Soviet-imposed communist dictatorship in Romania, ending with...
, as drawing attention to her work in the West
Western world
The Western world, also known as the West and the Occident , is a term referring to the countries of Western Europe , the countries of the Americas, as well all countries of Northern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand...
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The protagonist is a fragile woman born to a German family in Romania, who has just emigrated from Romania to West Germany. It explores the themes of exile, homeland, and identity, and the protagonist's relationship with three different men.
The novel, one of several for which the author was known when winning the Nobel in 2009, was published in English in 1998 by Hydra Books/Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press
Northwestern University Press is the university press of Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, USA.- History :Northwestern University Press was founded in 1893, at first specializing in legal periodicals. Today, the Press publishes scholarly books of fiction, non-fiction, and literary...
, translated by Valentina Glajar and André Lefevere
Andre Lefevere
André Alphons Lefevere was one of the most important translation theorists of the second half of the twentieth century. He had studied at the University of Ghent and then obtained his PhD at the University of Essex in 1972...
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