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Wikipedia article
'The Passport' is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Mller, published in German in 1986. The German title (literally, "Man is a great pheasant in the world") refers to a saying in Romania. The novel, one of several for which the author was known when winning the Nobel in 2009, tells the story of a village miller in a German-speaking village in the Banat in Romania, who applies for permission to emigrate to West Germany. The novel was published in English by Serpent's Tail in 1989, the first of Mller's novels to be offered in direct translation.
Translations
*Mller, Herta (1986) 'Der Mensch ist ein groer Fasan auf der Welt'; Berlin: Carl Hanser Verlag
**(English) 'The Passport' (September 1989); Translator: Martin Chalmers; London: Serpent's Tail; 96p.
**(French) 'L'homme est un grand faisan sur terre' (1988); Translator: Nicole Bary; Paris: Maren Sell; 124p.
**(Serbian) 'ovek je veliki fazan na ovom svetu' (2011); Translator: Tijana Tropin; Belgrade: Zlatni Zmaj: Laguna; 150p.
**(Spanish) 'El hombre es un gran faisn en el mundo' (1992); Translator: Juan Jos del Solar; Madrid: Siruela; 128p.
**(Swedish) 'Mnniskan r en stor fasan p jorden: en berttelse' (1987); Translator: Karin Lfdahl; Stockholm: Alba
**(Czech) 'Cestovn pas' (2010); Translator: Radka Denemarkov; Prague: Mlad fronta; 112 p.
**(Malayalam) 'Passport' (2010); Translator: Dr. S. Sreenivasan; India: DC Books; 120p.
**(Korean) ' ' (2010); Translator: ; Korea: Munhakdongne Publishing Corp.; 160p.
References
Category:1986 novels
Category:Transylvania in fiction
Category:Works by Herta Mller
Category:Novels set in Romania
Category:Carl Hanser Verlag books
Category:Serpent's Tail books
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