The Appointment: A Novel - Hardcover

Muller, Herta

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 080506012X ISBN 13: 9780805060126

Publisher: Metropolitan Books, 2001

Synopsis

In an intense novel set against the backdrop of Ceausescu's totalitarian regime, a young Romanian factory worker--so desperate to escape the betrayal and hardships of her life that she sews notes offering marriage into the linings of suits bound for Italy--is summoned for interrogation by members of the regime. 12,500 first printing.

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Review:

'A brooding, fog-shrouded allegory of life under the long oppression of the regime of Nicolae Ceausescu.' The New York Times 'A slim, masterfully written tale.' Newsweek 'A taut and brilliant book.' Chicago Tribune 'Muller achieves something beautiful. She has wrested poetry from one woman's desire to remain human in an inhuman system.' Newsday 'Muller scatters narrative bombshells across a field of dreams.' San Francisco Chronicle

About the Author:

Born in Romania in 1953, Herta Müller lost her job as a teacher and suffered repeated threats after refusing to cooperate with Ceaucescu's secret police. She succeeded in emigrating in 1987 and now lives in Berlin. The recipient of the European Literature Prize, she has also won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award for her previous novel, The Land of Green Plums.

About this edition

• Publisher: Metropolitan Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 080506012X
• ISBN 13: 9780805060126
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 214