Nadirs (autobiography)

For the concept, see nadir.

Nadirs

Author	Herta Müller
Original title	Niederungen
Translator	Sieglinde Lug
Country	Germany
Language	German
Genre	Short story, autobiography
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press (US)
Publication date	1982
Published in English	1999
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	118 p. (paperback edition)
ISBN	978-0-8032-8254-4 (paperback edition)

Nadirs is a collection of largely autobiographical short stories by Romanian-German writer and Nobel laureate Herta Müller. The stories center on life in the Romanian countryside ^[1] and the violent, oppressive atmosphere of Romania in the mid-20th century.

Stories

The Funeral Sermon
The Swabian Bath
My Family
Nadirs
Rotten Pears
Oppressive Tango
The Window
The Man with the Matchbox
Village Chronicle
About German Mustaches and Hair Parts
The Intervillage Bus
Mother, Father, and the Little One
The Street Sweepers
Black Park
Workday

References

↑ Fischer, Tibor (24 October 2009). "The Passport and Nadirs by Herta Müller". The Guardian. Retrieved 25 April 2011.

Works by Herta Müller

Novels	The Passport (1986) Barfüßiger Februar (1987) Traveling on One Leg (1989) Wie Wahrnehmung sich erfindet (1990) Der Teufel sitzt im Spiegel (1991) Der Fuchs war damals schon der Jäger (1992) Eine warme Kartoffel ist ein warmes Bett (1992) Der Wächter nimmt seinen Kamm (1993) Angekommen wie nicht da (1994) The Land of Green Plums (1994) In der Falle (1996) The Appointment (1997) Der fremde Blick oder das Leben ist ein Furz in der Laterne (1999) Heimat ist das, was gesprochen wird (2001) Die blassen Herren mit den Mokkatassen (2005) The Hunger Angel (2009)

Short story collections	Nadirs (1982) Drückender Tango (1984)

Essays	Hunger und Seide (1995) Der König verneigt sich und tötet (2003) Immer derselbe Schnee und immer derselbe Onkel (2011)

Poetry	Im Haarknoten wohnt eine Dame (2000) Este sau nu este Ion (Collage-poetry in Romanian, 2005)

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