Herta Müller

Prose

2009 Nobel Laureate in Literature Herta Müller reads ‘Die Tiefe Stelle’ from her book “Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt”. The video was recorded in Stockholm in December 2009.

Read the excerpts from The Passport (Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt)

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