From Nobel Prize laureate Herta Müller, The Village on the Edge of the World offers a profound reflection on life and writing under the shadow of Ceausescu's regime in Romania. Spanning her childhood in a small village to her exile in Germany, this book charts a personal story against the tumultuous history of the late twentieth century.

• Memoir by Nobel Prize laureate Herta Müller, author of the original work.
• Explores cultural history, memory, and trauma experienced under totalitarianism.
• Details life and writing under Ceausescu's regime, including surveillance and paranoia.
• Chronicles the minutiae of life under both fascism and the Soviet Union.
• Translated into English by Kate McNaughton.

• Author: Müller, Herta
• Translator: McNaughton, Kate
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Print Length: 256 pages
• Publication Date: 7 May 2026
• ISBN-13: 978-1783788170
• Dimensions: 136 x 14 x 216mm
• Weight: 788g

This essential work charts the existential questions posed by twentieth-century regimes and how their impact persists into the twenty-first. A vital read for those interested in German historical biographies and the literature of exile.