Sieben Sprünge vom Rand der Welt

What it means to lose one's homeland: Ulrike Draesner intertwines the life paths of the Silesian Grolmanns with the fate of a family displaced from Eastern Poland to Wroclaw. Four generations share their voices. The novel virtuously crafts a kaleidoscope of memories that come together to form ever-new images. They reveal how traumas inflicted by forced migration manifest, and how emotional landscapes are passed down from one generation to the next. The stories of the Grolmanns and the Nienaltowskis become a mirror reflecting a hundred years of Central European history. The author compellingly and poetically narrates the struggles and joys of love between parents and children, as well as themes of aerial roots, freedom, and migration.