Description
A woman who has fled political persecution in an unnamed Eastern bloc country arrives in West Berlin with little more than memory and endurance, only to discover that exile is its own kind of disorientation. As the Cold War nears its end, she drifts through rented rooms, half-formed relationships, and long stretches of waiting—trying to learn the rhythms of a new life while feeling perpetually out of place. Herta Müller’s spare, unsentimental prose turns everyday encounters into charged moments of alienation, tracing how fear, desire, and survival can coexist with anomie and despair. Traveling on One Leg is a profound meditation on dislocation and the fragile search for belonging, rendered with Müller’s distinctive observational intensity and lyrical sharpness.
Available Editions
paperback
Northwestern University Press
Published Jan 1, 1998
149 pages
ISBN: 9780810116412
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Details
First Published
1989
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Traveling on One Leg by Herta Müller.