 First edition book cover | |
| Author | Herta Müller |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Rowohlt Verlag |
Publication date | January 1, 1997 |
| Pages | 239 |
| ISBN | 9783498043896 |
The Appointment (German: Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet, lit. 'I would have rather not met myself today') is a novel by German author Herta Müller. The novel was originally published in German in 1997 and later in English by Metropolitan Books and Picador, a Macmillan imprint, in 2001. The novel was one of several for which Müller was known when she received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2009.[1] The Appointment portrays the humiliations of Communist Romania, told from the perspective of a young woman working as a clothing-factory worker who has been summoned by the secret police. She is accused of sewing notes into the linings of men's suits bound for Italy asking that the recipient marry her to help her get out of the country.[2]
References
- ↑ "Author of The Passport, The Appointment and Travelling on One Leg, Herta Mueller, wins Nobel Prize for Literature". The Herald Sun. 9 October 2009. Archived from the original on 30 December 2012. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
She is known for her books The Passport, The Appointment, and Travelling on One Leg.
- ↑ "The Appointment". Macmillan. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
Sources
- "The Evil of Banality" - A review of The Appointment by Costica Bradatan, The Globe and Mail, February 2010