The passport

Herta Müller

Original title: Der Mensch ist ein grosser Fasan auf der Welt

Translated by Martin Chalmers earliest edition we have, 1986 Serpent's Tail, 1989 paperback 93 pages

Rotbuch ; — book 314

The German inhabitants of a dying village in Romania under Ceausescu's dictatorship, desperately try to get passports so that they can emigrate.

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Martin Chalmers 1 printing we hold · 1989 · Serpent's Tail

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Editions we hold

The Passport paperback · 2016 · Serpent's Tail · 96 pages · 9781781255278
El hombre es un gran faisán en el mundo paperback · 2016 · Debolsillo · 139 pages · 9788466332675
گذرنامه paperback · 2011 · مروارید · 116 pages · 9789641911371
Passport edition · 2011 · Serpent's Tail Limited · 9781847652492
Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt hardcover · 2010 · FISCHER Taschenbuch · 9783596511563
Der Mensch ist ein grosser Fasan auf der Welt edition · 2009 · Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag · 110 pages · 9783596181612
L'home és un gran faisà en el món paperback · 2009 · Bromera · 130 pages · 9788498246315
Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt edition · 2009 · Hanser, Carl GmbH + Co. · 9783446234437
Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt. paperback · 2006 · Rotbuch Verlag · 9783434545347
L'homme est un grand faisan sur terre paperback · 1997 · Gallimard · 124 pages · 9782070382385
Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt. paperback · 1995 · Rowohlt Tb. · 9783499133855
El hombre es un gran faisán en el mundo hardcover · 1992 · Siruela · 120 pages · 9788478441136

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