The Passport
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The Passport (German: Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt) is a novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Herta Müller, published in German in 1986.[1] 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,[2] 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,[3] the first of Müller's novels to be offered in direct translation.[4]
Translations
- Müller, Herta (1986) Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt; Berlin: Carl Hanser Verlag ISBN 978-3-499-13385-5
- (English) The Passport (September 1989); Translator: Martin Chalmers; London: Serpent's Tail; 96p. ISBN 978-1-85242-139-7
- (French) L'homme est un grand faisan sur terre (1988); Translator: Nicole Bary; Paris: Maren Sell; 124p. ISBN 978-2-07-038238-5
- (Serbian) Čovek je veliki fazan na ovom svetu (2011); Translator: Tijana Tropin; Belgrade: Zlatni Zmaj: Laguna; 150p. ISBN 978-86-521-0550-2
- (Spanish) El hombre es un gran faisán en el mundo (1992); Translator: Juan José del Solar; Madrid: Siruela; 128p. ISBN 978-84-9841-094-5
- (Swedish) Människan är en stor fasan på jorden: en berättelse (1987); Translator: Karin Löfdahl; Stockholm: Alba ISBN 978-91-7458-828-6
- (Czech) Cestovní pas (2010); Translator: Radka Denemarková; Prague: Mladá fronta; 112 p. ISBN 978-80-204-2192-0
- (Malayalam) Passport (2010); Translator: Dr. S. Sreenivasan; India: DC Books; 120p. ISBN 978-81-264-2840-3
