Herta Müller

Herta Müller is a Romanian-born German author.

In addition to the 1994 and 1997 publications of The Land of Green Plums and The Appointment, Metropolitan Books will publish Müller’s most recent novel, entitled Atemschaukel (The Hunger Angel), in 2012.


Articles by Herta Müller

Monday June 11

The Hunger Angel

I carried all I had, but it wasn’t mine. Everything either came from someone else or wasn’t what it was supposed to be. A gramophone box served as a pigskin suitcase. The light overcoat came from my father. The fancy coat with the velvet collar from my grandfather.