{"product_id":"libro-en-tierras-bajas","title":"In lowlands","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align:center\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eCensored in Romania and hailed by German critics as a revelation, Nobel laureate Herta Müller's first work describes, from a child's perspective, the brutality in a supposedly idyllic village during Ceaucescu's dictatorship.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003eThis volume gathers fifteen stories that take us through, from the vivisecting gaze of a child, everyday scenes in the life of a small community of Swabian descent. The family nucleus, death, children's games, sex, the church, as well as school, dancing, animals and the vegetable garden, are depicted with a deceptive ingenuity that turns reality into a brutal nightmare.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003eThrough critical images and surreal scenes, En tierras bajas is composed of stories of permanent repression and lack of communication, which begin in family relationships and continue in those of individuals with the State.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003eThe underlying criticism of the Romanian regime in this work led to Herta Müller being forbidden to travel and publish and finally resulted in her exile in Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReviews:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\"Fantasy and reality in texts that are very close to what we call Magical Realism in Spanish.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003eJesús Munárriz, El Mundo\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003e\"It somehow honors all persecuted authors and all those who have been forced into exile.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"JUSTIFY\"\u003eBei Ling\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Herta Müller","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43060901904632,"sku":"9789585454866","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/4897\/5608\/products\/en-tierras-bajas-herta-muller-785606.jpg?v=1696465180","url":"https:\/\/ellector.com.pa\/es\/products\/libro-en-tierras-bajas","provider":"Librerías El Lector Panamá","version":"1.0","type":"link"}