Drückender Tango (Oppressive Tango) is a collection of short stories by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller. It was Müller's second book, published in 1984 in Bucharest. After its publication, Müller was no longer allowed to publish her work in Romania and she moved to Germany. Reviews in Germany had been positive for Drückender Tango, by contrast with the criticism it received in the Romanian press. Today, it has been described as one of Muller's best-known books.
The stories are mainly about the harshness of life in a small village in the Socialist Republic of Romania, which was still under the control of Nicolae Ceaușescu at the time they were written. Urban life is also featured. The name of the collection may be in reference to Romanian-born German poet Paul Celan's Todesfuge (1948), which was translated as Tangoul mortii (Death Tango) in Romania.
References
- ^ Haines, Brigid; Marven, Lyn (20 June 2013). Herta Müller. Oxford University Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-19-166959-0. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ Kuiper, Kathleen. "Herta Müller". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Literature 2009 - Herta Müller". NobelPrize.org. The Swedish Academy. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- ^ "Nobel prize for literature: Herta Muller 'stunned' at winning". The Telegraph. 8 October 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2018.
- Haines & Marven 2013, p. 43.
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