Monday, February 27, 2012

Stones from the River


bOprah Book Club? Selection, February 1997/b: Ursula Hegi's iStones from the River/i clamors for comparisons to Gunter Grass's iThe Tin Drum/I; her protagonist Trudi Montag--like the unforgettable Oskar Mazerath--is a dwarf living in Germany during the two World Wars. To its credit, iStones/i does not wilt from the comparison. Hegi's book has a distinctive, appealing flavor of its own. Stone's characters are off-center enough to hold your attention despite the inevitable dominance of the setting: There's Trudi's mother, who slowly goes insane living in an
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