An edition of Stones from the river (1994)

Stones from the river

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An edition of Stones from the river (1994)

Stones from the river

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From the highly acclaimed, award-winning author of Floating in My Mother's Palm comes a major novel of Germany during the first half of the twentieth century. In historical scope, in moral complexity, in human drama, and in pure storytelling power, Stones from the River is a beautifully crafted and memorable book whose richly drawn characters stay with us long after we turn the last page.

Trudi Montag is born during World War I in the small town of Burgdorf on the Rhein river. She is a Zwerg - a dwarf - short, squat, undesirable, different. All her life Trudi yearns to stretch and grow to be like everyone else. But as she matures to become the town's librarian and its unofficial historian, conscience, and purveyor of gossip, she comes to learn that - like the stones at the bottom of the river, which are seen only when one dives deep beneath its surface - being different is a secret everyone shares: her mother, who flees a betrayal into madness and early death; her widowed, celibate father, lame from one war, who attracts the fantasies of many townswomen; her friend Georg, whose mother pretends he's a girl; Hans Malter, the man who cannot acknowledge his feelings for Trudi; his daughter Hanna, who Trudi believes should have been her child; and especially the Jews and other "undesirables" Trudi harbors in her cellar during the Nazi regime.

Publish Date
Publisher
Poseidon Press
Language
English
Pages
507

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Cover of: Stones from the river
Stones from the river
1997, G. K. Hall
Large Print in English
Cover of: Stones from the river
Stones from the river
1995, Simon & Schuster
in English - 1st Scribner Paperback ed
Cover of: Stones from the river
Stones from the river
1994, Poseidon Press
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823
Library of Congress
PS3558.E4185 S76 1994, PR9110.9.H43 S76 1994, PR9110.9.H43S76 1994, PR911.9.H43 S76 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
507 p. ;
Number of pages
507

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL1423084M
Internet Archive
stonesfromriver00hegi_0
ISBN 10
0671780751
LCCN
93033533
OCLC/WorldCat
438505847, 28966558
Library Thing
2869
Goodreads
5201

Work Description

Trudi Montag is a Zwerg—a dwarf—short, undesirable, different, the voice of anyone who has ever tried to fit in. Eventually she learns that being different is a secret that all humans share—from her mother who flees into madness, to her friend Georg whose parents pretend he's a girl, to the Jews Trudy harbors in her cellar.

Ursula Hegi brings us a timeless and unforgettable story in Trudi and a small town, weaving together a profound tapestry of emotional power, humanity, and truth.

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