Stones from the River (Oprah's Book Club)
2 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by 4evagreen from Furness Vale, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Saturday, October 5, 2013
Received as a BookMooch.
Journal Entry 2 by 4evagreen at Furness Vale, Derbyshire United Kingdom on Friday, February 16, 2018
This novel is a fascinating piece of historical fiction set around the lives of the people in a small town in Germany from 1915 until 1952 during some of the most turbulent years of German history. The story centres around Trudi Montag, a Zwerg, dwarf, born in the fictional town of Burgdorf, close to the real-life city of Dusseldorf. Trudi’s world is made up of the people of Burgdorf, Catholic and Jewish. She is short in stature but full of spirit.
This is a beautifully crafted novel despite its terrible historical background. It has touches of some of the epic Russian novels and come the end you feel that know the people in her world as you might your own. I would recommend this novel to anyone but especially anybody who interested in seeing this traumatic period in world history from a German civilian point of view.
This is a beautifully crafted novel despite its terrible historical background. It has touches of some of the epic Russian novels and come the end you feel that know the people in her world as you might your own. I would recommend this novel to anyone but especially anybody who interested in seeing this traumatic period in world history from a German civilian point of view.
Spotted this on a wishlist so going out as a sort of Brucie bonus RABCK as it needed a new home. Enjoy!
Thank you so much for this surprise RABCK to grant a wish from my enormous list. I shall try to get read and released as soon as possible.
