Description
In Herta Müller's "The Appointment," a woman's 90-minute tram journey to the secret police becomes a harrowing descent into the psychological landscape of totalitarian oppression. As the tram rattles through the city, the narrator confronts the pervasive fear and insidious control that define her existence under a brutal regime. This slim, powerful novel masterfully dissects the ways in which surveillance and state power erode individual identity and autonomy, forcing a confrontation with the self and the suffocating reality of her world. Müller's signature poetic and unflinching prose plunges the reader into a visceral experience of quiet desperation and the enduring struggle for dignity.
Available Editions
paperback
Picador USA
Published Jan 1, 2002
214 pages
ISBN: 9780312420543
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Details
First Published
2001
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Appointment by Herta Müller.