STONES FROM THE RIVER

Book ID/图书代码： 02330006B03557

English Summary/英文概要： Stones from the River is the 1994 novel by Ursula Hegi, and was chosen as an Eagles selection in February 1997. It is about a dwarf named Trudi Montag who tries to survive in a small town in Germany during World War II.

Trudi Montag is a Zwerg--a dwarf. Born to a mentally disturbed woman who dies when Trudi is a small child, the girl reaches adulthood under the loving care of her father, a pay-librarian in a small German town. (A pay-librarian is one who runs a library as a business and charges the patrons to borrow books.) Trudi is angry, deeply resentful of her "difference," and she uses her unique status in a variety of ways, both helpful and vengeful toward others.

For example, Trudi tells stories, some of which enchant and comfort frightened children during the war, others of which harm the lives and personal security of the townsfolk whom the story teller doesn’t like. World War II comes and goes in Burgdorf; Trudi finds and loses romantic love; her father dies; and she begins, at the end of the tale, to reflect on the ways in which she has contributed to her own suffering and that of the others.

The Novel was nominated for a PEN/Faulkner award. It was chosen as an Oprah’s book club selection in February 1997.

Chinese Summary/中文概要： 一位侏儒如何在德國二次大戰期間的生存故事～

《河中之石》（Stones from the River）是烏蘇拉•海吉(Ursula Hegi)1994年創作的小說。這篇小說講的是一個叫楚迪•蒙塔格（Trudi Montag）的侏儒如何在二戰期間德國的一小鎮倖存的故事。
楚迪•蒙塔格天生矮小。媽媽有精神疾病，去世的時候，楚迪還是個小孩。楚迪是在爸爸的關愛呵護下長大成人，他父親是德國一小鎮的圖書管理員。（負責打理圖書館，並且向前來借書的顧客收取費用為生。）楚迪心懷不滿，對自己的“特殊身份”深惡痛絕。透過自己獨特的身份地位，既幫助了別人同時也伺機進行報復。
例如，楚迪在二戰期間給孩子們講故事的時候，有些故事充滿樂趣且能撫慰孩子們受驚的心靈，而有些則刻意污蔑損害一些鎮上楚迪不喜歡的人。二戰戰場在布格多夫（Burgdorf）；楚迪遇到真愛又失去真愛；爸爸去世；故事的結尾，她開始反思她對自己和別人的傷痛處理的方式。
這部小說曾獲福克納文學獎提名。1997年2月曾入選歐普拉讀書俱樂部精選。(XJJ & VL)

Awards/获奖情况：这是一部了不起的巨作，一旦看了绝停不下来！---劳拉夏皮柔（Laura Shapira）《每周新闻》

Winner of Le Prix des Lecteurs due Livre de Poche in the category of Literature. 2010-9-22

About the Author/作者介绍： Ursula Hegi (23 May 1946 - ) is a fiction author. She lived in West Germany until she was 18. She moved to the United States and has lived both on the East Coast and in Spokane, Washington. She first wrote stories set in the United States, and then began to write fiction about Germany, including her best selling Oprah Book Club novel Stones from the River (1994).
Her many awards include an NEA Fellowship and five PEN Syndicated Fiction Awards. She won a book award from the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) in 1991 for Floating in My Mother’s Palm. She has also written many reviews for The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and The Washington Post. For many years, she taught creative writing at Eastern Washington University. Her recent books include Stones from the River (1994), Intrusions (1995), Tearing the Silence: On Growing Up German in America (1998), The Vision of Emma Blau (2000), Hotel of the Saints: Stories (2001), Sacred Time (2004), and The Worst Thing I’ve Done (2007).
烏蘇拉•海吉（Ursula Hegi）生於1946年5月23日，擅寫小說。她18歲以前一直住在德國西部。她後來搬到美國，一直住在美國東海岸和華盛頓州斯波坎市。她最初寫的小說背景都設在美國，後來轉向了德國，包括她1994年在歐普拉讀書俱樂部最暢銷的小說《河中之石》（Stones from the River）。她獲獎無數，其中包括一項國家藝術基金會獎學金和五項筆銀團小說獎。她1991年因《漂浮在我母親的手掌》（Floating in My Mother’s Palm）一書獲西北太平洋暢銷書獎（PNBA）。同時，曾替《紐約時報》、《三藩市時報》、《華盛頓郵報》寫書評。目前在東部華盛頓大學多年從事創作性寫作教學。她的作品年表：1994《河中之石》（Stone from the River）、1995《侵入》（Intrusions）、1998《打破沉默：美國長大的德國人》（Tearing the Silence: On Growing Up German in America）、2000《艾瑪•布勞的遠見卓識》（The vision of Emma Blau）、2001《聖人酒店故事集》（Hotel of the Saints: stories）、2004《神聖的時間》（Sacred Time）、2007《我做過的最壞的事》（The worst thing I’ve done）。

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