In Burgdorf, things "happened slower and later than in most other places." Resignation is the town's cardinal virtue. Hegi writes as a hyphenated American, akin to Louise Erdrich or Cristina Garcia, bringing a submerged heritage into the light. She shows us little people, without major ambitions, trying to survive by their limited lights. that was missing in her lovely novel "Floating in My Mother's Palm," which is set in the same small town. But here she fills in the blank center - the puzzle of the war years Ursula Hegi's rich and lively new novel, "Stones From the River," takes us into just these sorts of closets, in a small German town, between the years 19. It made a good blanket, under the feather quilt, in winter." "Of course," his wife explained, when they told the story to friends in New York. He recognized it as a Nazi flag with the swastika Visiting her family for the first time, he looked into a closet and found a large rectangle of red wool, with a circle cut out of the middle. $23.Ī JEWISH man from Brooklyn married a German woman from Hamburg. March 20, 1994, Sunday, Late Edition - Final
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