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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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Traveling on One Leg canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| author | Herta Müller NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorAward | Nobel Prize in Literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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
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border crossings ⓘ language and silence ⓘ |
| hasPageCountApprox | 150 ⓘ |
| hasStructure | episodic ⓘ |
| hasTitleVariant | Reisende auf einem Bein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTranslation | English ⓘ |
| isPartOfAuthorOeuvre | Herta Müller novels about dictatorship and exile ⓘ |
| languageOfProtagonistOrigin | Romanian ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | postmodernism ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| mainCharacter | Irene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person limited ⓘ |
| narrativeStyle | fragmented ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| originalTitle | Reisende auf einem Bein NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protagonistNationality | Romanian ⓘ |
| publisherOfEnglishEdition | Northwestern University Press NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByAuthor |
Nadirs
NERFINISHED
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The Appointment NERFINISHED ⓘ The Land of Green Plums NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Romania
NERFINISHED
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West Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
alienation
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displacement ⓘ exile ⓘ identity ⓘ memory ⓘ political oppression ⓘ |
| translatedBy | Valerie Tekavec NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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