Review Romania Has Perfected the Art of Forgetting In a new memoir, Nobel laureate Herta Müller condemns her homeland for failing to reconcile with history. June 5, 2026, 2:20 PM By Laura Mills, a human rights researcher and writer based in New York. A side-view medium shot of a woman with dark, short hair wearing a black long-sleeved shirt and black pants, sitting with her hands clasped in her lap. She is seated on a red patterned armchair in a living room, with additional matching armchairs and a white bust sculpture visible in the background. Herta Müller in Haifa, Israel,...