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In un villaggio sulle rive del Reno nasce Trudi Montag. Quando la madre si accorge che la figlia è nana si inabissa in una spirale di follia che la condurrà nel giro di pochi anni alla morte. Trudi ha quattro anni: continua ad aspettarla e la progressiva certezza che non tornerà più si intreccia alla sofferta presa di coscienza della propria diversità. Lentamente, intanto, si fa strada il nazismo cui seguono le persecuzioni e la guerra. Trudi e suo padre presagiscono il pericolo molto prima che si trasformi in tragedia e, nascondendo i libri che il regime vorrebbe bruciare, diventano i custodi silenziosi di una cultura della tolleranza che risorge lentamente dopo la catastrofe.
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- Pagine: 552
- Data di uscita: 05-06-2006
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This was an excellent book. I was astounded by Hegi's ability to capture both the everyday life of Germans over the 20-year span leading up to the end of WWII and the experience of a woman with dwarfism. Not once does she dramatize for the sake of Hollywood-like entertainment. Considering the standa Leggi tutto
I found this book at a library sale, and ended up buying it because I like the way the first page read. Unlike many of the people who have reviewed this book I loved it from the beginning. Trudi's insight into the world is amazing, and while very mature for her age, with a slight mental leap, comple Leggi tutto
I've got a German friend who every time the war is mentioned suffers a rush of blood to her face and looks physically pained. She continually makes me realise what a struggle it is for sensitive, generous spirited Germans to come to terms with what happened under the Nazis. And this despite one of h Leggi tutto
This was the first book I read with my new book club and I feel I need to rationalize the four- instead of five-star rating. The story is so important, and so deftly told, and the author does a great job of capturing the lives of citizens in a small German town from post-WWI through post-WWII. I fel Leggi tutto
It was like that with stories: she could see beneath their surface, know the undercurrents, the whirlpools that could take you down, the hidden clusters of rocks. Stories could blind you, rise around you in a myriad of colors. Every time Trudi took a story and let it stream through her mind from beg Leggi tutto
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