Cand tacem. devenim dezagreabili-, cand vorbim, ajungem ridicolo
When We Keep Silent, We Become Disagreeable

Summary/Abstract: This essay proves once more that one of Herta Muller’s literary secrets is the deep relation between reality and fiction, between story and autobiography. Her work is remarkable for the expressiveness and intensity of her memories of the fright, disgust and revolt that dominated an epoch whose defining feature was the population'’ reprisal and terrorization. In her writings, the unhealed memory sets in motion the process of creation, a proof that vulnerability can be an unexpected element in a resistance structure.

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