After an childhood accident leaves her partially deaf, Otti Berger finds a new way to communicate through touch and the rhythmic clatter of the loom. Her journey leads her to the Bauhaus in Dessau, where she meets Mercè Ribó , a Spanish woman determined to inherit her father’s textile factory despite the era's gender constraints. As the shadow of Nazism grows, Otti's life and brilliant career are increasingly threatened by her Jewish heritage.
The novel serves as a "literary act of justice". While male Bauhaus figures like Gropius or Kandinsky are world-famous, many women like Otti Berger were relegated to "weaving workshops" and later erased from history. La Casa De Los Hilos Rotos Angelica Morales epub
In (The House of Broken Threads), Angélica Morales weaves a poignant historical novel that bridges the gap between the avant-garde art world of the 1920s and a modern-day search for identity. The story centers on the real-life figure of Otti Berger , a deaf Jewish-Hungarian artist who defied physical and social barriers to become a master of textile design at the legendary Bauhaus school. Plot Overview The narrative unfolds across two parallel timelines: After an childhood accident leaves her partially deaf,
It explores how art becomes a tool for survival and personal freedom. Otti’s sensory relationship with fabric allowed her to "hear" music through texture when sound was denied to her. The novel serves as a "literary act of justice"
Both Otti and Mercè fight to be recognized as professionals in a world that expected them only to be housewives.
La casa de los hilos rotos - Angélica Morales - Google Books
