{"product_id":"the-passport-paperback","title":"The Passport - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHerta Müller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMartin Chalmers\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003ePaul Bailey\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2009\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Passport\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful, haunting novel whose subject is a German village in Romania caught between the stifling hopelessness of Ceausescu's dictatorship and the glittering temptations of the West. Stories from the past are woven together with the problems Windisch, the village miller, faces after he applies for permission to migrate to West Germany. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHerta Müller describes with poetic attention the dreams and superstitions, conflicts and oppression of a forgotten region, the Banat, in the Danube Plain. In sparse, lyrical language, Herta Müller captures the forlorn plight of a trapped people. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis edition is translated by Martin Chalmers, with a new foreword by Paul Bailey.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eHerta Müller was born in Timis, Romania in 1953. A vocal member of the German minority, she was forced to leave the country in 1987, and moved to Berlin, where she still lives. In 2009 she won the Nobel Prize for Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760191865120,"sku":"9781781255278","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/93c65e9ac954d72bd35d70e815e0ea3d.webp?v=1780174036","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-passport-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}