Flotando en la palma de la mano de mi madre

Synopsis of Flotando en la palma de la mano de mi madre

«Flotando en la palma de la mano de mi madre» is the novel by Ursula Hegi, published by Umbriel in paperback (192 pages, in Spanish).

Hanna Malter recalls her childhood in Burgdorf, on the banks of the Rhine, in a postwar Germany where silence weighs more than words. Thanks to Trudi Montag, the village librarian, the girl gradually learns the secret lives of her neighbors and, with them, discovers that growing up means facing a world full of contradictions.

Translation by Roser Berdagué Costa. First edition in March 2004. English title: 'Floating In My Mother's Palm'.

For readers of contemporary fiction and short stories, especially those interested in postwar Germany.