num_pages: 256
description: Set in Romania at the height of Nicolae Ceausescu's reign of terror, this haunting novel tells the story of a group of young students, each of whom has left the impoverished provinces in search of better prospects in the city. It is a profound and powerful look at a totalitarian state which comes to inhabit every aspect of life; to the extent that everyone, even the most strongest, must either bend to the oppressors, or resist them and perish.
language: English
title: The Land of Green Plums
titlecomplete: The Land of Green Plums
characters: Hauptmann Pjele, Kurt, Georg, Ich, Lola, Edgar
genres: Romanian Literature, Nobel Prize, Novels, German Literature, Germany, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Romania
ratings_count: 5585
places: Romania
awards: awardedAt: 788947200000
name: Aristeion Prize, awardedAt: 757411200000
name: Kleist-Preis, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Mikael Agricola -palkinto, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
publisher: Granta Books