Ursula Hegi
Autor/a de Stones from the River
Sobre l'autor
Ursula Hegi (born May 23, 1946) spent the first 18 years of her life in post-World War II Germany. When she tried to ask questions about the war, she received only vague answers and heard little about the Holocaust. Hegi immigrated to the United States in 1964. Now an award-winning novelist, Hegi mostra'n més is best known for her book Stones from the River. Picked by Oprah Winfrey as a selection for Oprah's highly successful book club, the prequel to Hegi's highly-praised Floating In My Mother's Palm traces the path of average Germans during the turbulent wartime years from 1915 to 1952. Narrated by a dwarf who eventually learned that being different is a secret that all humans share, Stones from the River was nominated for a PEN Faulkner Award and received the Governor's Writer's Award. Also the author of the books Intrusions, Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories, and Salt Dancers, Hegi is the recipient of more than two dozen grants and awards, including an NEA Fellowship and five awards from PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards. She has also written over 100 reviews for the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post. (Bowker Author Biography) Ursula Hegi is the author of eight critically acclaimed books. She lives in New York State. (Publisher Provided) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: Photographed by Gordon Gagliano
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Obres de Ursula Hegi
STORY (Vol. 41 No. 2 / Spring 1993) 1 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Nom normalitzat
- Hegi, Ursula
- Altres noms
- Koch, Ursula (birth name)
- Data de naixement
- 1946-05-23
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- Germany (birth)
USA (naturalized 1967) - Lloc de naixement
- Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
- Llocs de residència
- Spokane, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA - Educació
- University of New Hampshire (BA|MA|1979)
- Professions
- Author
Teacher (Creative Writing) - Organitzacions
- Eastern Washington University
SUNY Stony Brook - Premis i honors
- 4 PEN/NEA Fiction Awards
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award (1991)
Membres
Converses
AMERICAN AUTHORS CHALLENGE--APRIL 2023--URSULA HEGI a 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (maig 2023)
Ressenyes
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) de Ursula Hegi
This mesmerizing story was hard to put down! It was such a beautifully written book. I was instantly connected to the main character, Trudi, and concerned for the well-being of the minor characters such as Frau Ambromovitz and the others who populate this fictional town. I recommend it highly.
I thought it would be better. There were so many paths the author could have taken but didn't. The author could have used the rule of writer's to show and not tell. Like letting the reader in on the main character's rumor making and story telling abilities, would of made a better read, in my humble opinion.
I'm not sure why this book gets such terrible reviews. I found the writing alone, lyrical and mesmerizing, worth the reading. The characters are sharply drawn and vivid, with the nearly titular Mason looming the largest. I liked the tension that Hegi managed in making Mason's relationship with Annie both warm and nostalgic and terrifying and abusive.
The meditative first quarter, with talk radio hosts intermingling with imagination and contemplation was by far the strongest and the last quarter, with political protests tacked on in weak parallels dimmed by comparison, but on the whole, I enjoyed it and I'll seek out Hegi's other works.
Finally, I can't help saying this: the inability of modern writers to write deep, intense and platonic relationships never fails to disappoint me.… (més)
The meditative first quarter, with talk radio hosts intermingling with imagination and contemplation was by far the strongest and the last quarter, with political protests tacked on in weak parallels dimmed by comparison, but on the whole, I enjoyed it and I'll seek out Hegi's other works.
Finally, I can't help saying this: the inability of modern writers to write deep, intense and platonic relationships never fails to disappoint me.… (més)
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- Obres
- 17
- Membres
- 8,244
- Popularitat
- #2,933
- Valoració
- 3.8
- Ressenyes
- 171
- ISBN
- 126
- Llengües
- 6
- Preferit
- 28