Ursula Hegi

Autor de Stones from the River

17 Obras 8,241 Miembros 171 Reseñas 28 Preferidas

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Sobre El 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 mostrar más 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) mostrar menos

Incluye los nombres: U Hegi, Ursela Hegi, Ursala Hegi, Ursula Hegi, Ursula Heigi, Úrsula Hegi, Ursula Hegi; (Narrators) Gabra Zackman & Oliver Wy

Créditos de la imagen: Photographed by Gordon Gagliano

Series

Burgdorf Cycle

Obras de Ursula Hegi

Popular Reciente

Stones from the River (1994) 4,681 copias

The Vision of Emma Blau (2000) 721 copias

Flotando En La Palma De La Mano De Mi Madre / Floating In My Mother's Palm (1990) 715 copias

Salt Dancers (1995) 414 copias

Tiempo sagrado (2003) 318 copias

The Worst Thing I've Done (2007) 302 copias

Intrusions (1981) 270 copias

Hotel of the Saints (2001) 255 copias

Children and Fire (2011) 230 copias

Tearing the Silence: On Being German in America (1997) 144 copias

The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls (2020) 87 copias

Unearned Pleasures and Other Stories (1988) 70 copias

Trudi & Pia (2003) 25 copias

The Burgdorf Cycle, Books 1-4 (2011) 5 copias

Stones from the River Reading Group Guide (1997) 2 copias

STORY (Vol. 41 No. 2 / Spring 1993) 1 copia

The Louisville Review (Summer 1999, Volume 46) (1999) 1 copia

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Nombre canónico: Hegi, Ursula
Otros nombres: Koch, Ursula (birth name)
Fecha de nacimiento: 1946-05-23
Género: female
Nacionalidad: Germany (birth)
USA (naturalized 1967)
Lugar de nacimiento: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany
Lugares de residencia: Spokane, Washington, USA
New York, New York, USA
Educación: University of New Hampshire (BA|MA|1979)
Ocupaciones: Author
Teacher (Creative Writing)
Organizaciones: Eastern Washington University
SUNY Stony Brook
Premios y honores: 4 PEN/NEA Fiction Awards
Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award (1991)

Miembros

Debates

AMERICAN AUTHORS CHALLENGE--APRIL 2023--URSULA HEGI en 75 Books Challenge for 2023 (mayo 2023)

Reseñas

Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) por 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.

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Chrissylou62 | 67 reseñas más. | Apr 11, 2024 |

Stones from the River por Ursula Hegi

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.

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charlie68 | 67 reseñas más. | Sep 16, 2023 |

The Worst Thing I've Done: A Novel por Ursula Hegi

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.… (más)

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settingshadow | 20 reseñas más. | Aug 19, 2023 |