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Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, this is the story of a group of young students, each of whom has left the impoverished provinces for the city in search of better prospects. But the city too bears the mark of the dictatorship's corrosive touch.
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The Land of Green Plums, Herta Müller
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- Released
- 1998
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Herta Müller
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 1862072272
- ISBN13
- 9781862072275
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Romance, Historical Fiction, Politics, German Literature, Friendship, Death, Literary Fiction, Young Adult Romance, Teens, Fear, Escape, Studying, Nobel prize, Suicide, Freedom, Persecution, Romania, Dictatorship
- First published
- 1994
- Original title
- Herztier
- Rating
- 3.7 out of 5
- Description
- Set in Romania at the height of Ceausescu's reign of terror, this is the story of a group of young students, each of whom has left the impoverished provinces for the city in search of better prospects. But the city too bears the mark of the dictatorship's corrosive touch.