Traveling on One Leg

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Traveling on One Leg is a novel by Nobel Prize–winning author Herta Müller that explores exile, alienation, and identity through the fragmented experiences of a Romanian woman who emigrates to West Germany.

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instanceOf novel ⓘ
author Herta Müller ⓘ
authorAward Nobel Prize in Literature ⓘ
authorAwardedNobelPrizeInLiteratureYear 2009 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
criticalReception acclaimed by literary critics ⓘ
depicts life of an emigrant in West Germany ⓘ
surveillance and fear under dictatorship ⓘ
explores difficulty of forming relationships in exile ⓘ
psychological effects of migration ⓘ
genre exile literature ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
psychological fiction ⓘ
hasFemaleProtagonist true ⓘ
hasForm prose ⓘ
hasMotif bodily fragmentation ⓘ
border crossings ⓘ
language and silence ⓘ
hasPageCountApprox 150 ⓘ
hasStructure episodic ⓘ
hasTitleVariant Reisende auf einem Bein ⓘ
hasTranslation English ⓘ
isPartOfAuthorOeuvre Herta Müller novels about dictatorship and exile ⓘ
languageOfProtagonistOrigin Romanian ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodernism ⓘ
literaryPeriod late 20th century ⓘ
mainCharacter Irene ⓘ
narrativePerspective third-person limited ⓘ
narrativeStyle fragmented ⓘ
originalLanguage German ⓘ
originalTitle Reisende auf einem Bein ⓘ
protagonistNationality Romanian ⓘ
publisherOfEnglishEdition Northwestern University Press ⓘ
relatedWorkByAuthor Nadirs ⓘ
The Appointment ⓘ
The Land of Green Plums ⓘ
setting Romania ⓘ
West Germany ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
theme alienation ⓘ
displacement ⓘ
exile ⓘ
identity ⓘ
memory ⓘ
political oppression ⓘ
translatedBy Valerie Tekavec ⓘ

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