DER ʻEIGENE KALENDERʼ DES ERINNERNS: DIE WAHRHEIT DER ERFUNDENEN ERINNERUNG IN HERTA MÜLLERS ROMANEN, ERZÄHLUNGEN UND ESSAYS.

The paper discusses the relationship between authenticity and fictionality, and 'true' and 'false' memory in Herta Müller's works. There is no doubt about the relativity and context‐dependency of memory. Nevertheless, Müller's novels, stories, and essays display, as I shall outline in the following, a convincing modus of ascertaining the truth through fiction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]