{"product_id":"the-village-on-the-edge-of-the-world-writing-and-surviving-in-ceausescus-romania-9798897100828","title":"The Village on the Edge of the World: Writing and Surviving in Ceausescu's Romania","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Nobel laureate presents a brilliant, discomfiting reflection on literary life defined by the brutality of Ceaus\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eescu's Romania.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom her childhood in Romania, in a village \"as small as a thimble on the edge of the world,\" through to life in exile in Germany, Herta Müller's story unspools against the tumultuous history of Romania in the latter half of the twentieth century. Here, the Nobel Prize laureate reflects on cultural history, memory, and trauma, and on what it was to live and write under Ceausescu's regime. She revisits the friendships that buckled under the weight of fear and paranoia; the experience of being surveilled and interrogated; and on the unique blend of fear and tedium borne through life under totalitarianism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Village on the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that chronicles the minutiae of life under both fascism and the Soviet Union, while charting the existential questions posed by these regimes of the twentieth century--and how they remain with us in the twenty-first. This is a powerful and evocative reflection on life behind the Iron Curtain.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Herta Müller\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pegasus Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/05\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798897100828\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2026 pg. 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/27\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHerta Müller was born on August 17, 1953 in Banat, Romania. In 1987, she emigrated to Germany and has lived in Berlin ever since. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Land of Green Plums\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Appointment\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Hunger Angel\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Fox Was Ever the Hunter\u003c\/i\u003e, among other works. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2009. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKate McNaughton is a documentary filmmaker, author, and translator, working from the French, German, and Italian. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eHow I Lose You\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2018.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Herta M\u0026#195;\u0026#188;ller \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":48231862337693,"sku":"9798897100828","price":35.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_5f64add6-3a02-45da-96b4-cb90b4bd23eb.jpg?v=1778578133","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/the-village-on-the-edge-of-the-world-writing-and-surviving-in-ceausescus-romania-9798897100828","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}