Ursula Hegi
Birth date: May 23, 1946
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Although this book is a sequel to STONES IN THE RIVER by Ursula Hegi, it could be read as a stand-alone. The story is told from the perspective of a dwarf who becomes the town's librarian in wartime Germany. The Nazis are everywhere. Death is everywhere. The two books remind me of "The Book Thief". ...
NO SPOILERS!!!Through Chapter Two and a little more: Yesterday I finished the marvellous memoir A Bed of Red Flowers: In Search of My Afghanistan by Netofer Pazira. I gave it five stars, but having just finished a memoir, I wanted a novel. But which? I had read all of the books loaded into my Kindle...
Let's say Hegi had never written Stones From the River. I might have liked this book more. But SFTR is a hard act to follow and I found this book fell flat for me. It's too bad. Nonetheless, I'll continue to read what Hegi puts out because she is a superb writer and you never know when she might aga...
Although they're not as good as her novel Stones From the River, these stories are lovely. She's able to speak from a male or female perspective and write about a wide range of subjects. What interests me about Hegi is that she can write about depressing subjects without manipulating the reader's em...
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