The Land Of Green Plums

A powerful autobiographical account, The Land of Green Plums ... will linger on in the mind and Michael Hofmann's translation is a marvel * Guardian *
The Land of Green Plums is a miracle, a fearless human testimony which operates through the combined force of Müller's tight, understated eloquence and Hofmann's deft, atmospheric translation * Irish Times *
If W. G. Sebald's The Emigrants suggested there are still new ways of writing about exile and the Holocaust, The Land of Green Plums promises similar possibilities for the literature of the Iron Curtain * Literary Review *
Compelling reading * Sunday Times *
... genuinely moving. The book ... develops an almost hypnotic power over the reader * Sunday Telegraph *
Herta Müller ... is among the finest writers of protest ... The Land of Green Plums is a miracle * Irish Independent *
Müller's clarity and compassion leaves all the weeping to the reader * New Statesman *
taut, marvellously translated * Observer *
Poetic and powerful * Express *
This book cannot fail to impress * Big Issue in the North *
No number of re-readings will lessen the impact of Muller's ... terrifying masterpiece * The Irish Times *
Since publication the novel's reputation has been steadily growing * Irish Independent *
As a depiction of a world where you have to be very careful what you say, The Land of Green Plums works hauntingly, disturbingly well -- Nick Lezard * Guardian *
Nothing I have read brings home more the horror of a society which combined agrarian backwardness with the monstrosities of the one-party state -- Anne McElvoy * Evening Standard *