Description
A man named Windisch lives under the suffocating rules of a repressive regime, where even the smallest act of movement requires permission and proof. In a fractured, intensely poetic narrative, his desperate search for a passport becomes both a practical quest and a symbolic battleground—measuring what can be said, what can be endured, and what can be escaped. Through recurring images and animal motifs, the story explores fear, surveillance, family loyalty, and the thin, fragile line between identity and survival. Herta Müller’s distinctive style—compressed, lyrical, and emotionally exacting—turns bureaucracy into a haunting portrait of power and longing.
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paperback
Serpent's Tail
Published Dec 3, 2015
136 pages
ISBN: 9781782832652
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Details
First Published
1986
Language
deu
Translation
From: deu
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