<b>A complex, poignant narrative that plays out in communist East Berlin in the 1960s and the neo-Nazi scene of the present day</b>

Financial Times

<b>Schlink, author of <i>The Reader</i>, serves up another tale of buried secrets in this decades spanning saga of a German bookseller confronted with his late wife's hushed-up heartache. When he learns that she was already pregnant when they met in 1960s Berlin - she from the east, he from the west - the discovery prompts a quest for the unknown child, as intimate marital drama morphs into the story of a divided nation.</b>

Mail on Sunday

<b>Highly topical in its focus on neo-Nazis in presentday Germany and the lingering divisions between East and West 34 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall . . . <i>The Granddaughter </i>asks many important questions, including one that feels very pertinent right now with the rise of far-right groups: "Was society failing to provide young people with a positive experience of community?"</b>

- Johanna Thomas Corr, Sunday Times

'Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now' Le Monde 'The great novel of German reunification' Le Figaro 'A masterpiece' Maurice Szafran'A rewarding and wonderfully readable novel ... Schlink remains a perceptive chronicler of modern Germany' GuardianMay, 1964. At a youth festival in East Berlin, an unlikely young couple fall in love. In the bright spring days, anything seems possible for them - it is only many years later, after her death, that Kaspar discovers the price his wife paid to get to him in West Berlin. Shattered by grief, Kaspar sets off to uncover Birgit's secrets in the East. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, and to a young girl who accepts him as her grandfather. Their worlds could not be more different - but he is determined to fight for her. From the author of the no.1 international bestseller The Reader, The Granddaughter is a gripping novel that transports us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to contemporary Australia, asking what might be found when it seems like all is lost.Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
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From the no.1 international bestselling author of The Reader, a masterful new novel about German reunification
A complex, poignant narrative that plays out in communist East Berlin in the 1960s and the neo-Nazi scene of the present day
Bernhard Schlink, author of the impeccable The Reader in 1995, is back with a great novel, The Granddaughter. Rightly considered one of the best contemporary authors, he offers a journey between two Germanys, in space and in time. Without hesitation, we follow him. An essential text - We Culte!A fascinating political journey through the history of contemporary Germany and its reunification, charged with dark concern - MementoBernhard Schlink has written a novel that you will carry with you everywhere, just in case you have a spare moment to read further - NDR Kultur
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781399614856
Publisert
2024
Utgiver
Vendor
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Vekt
536 gr
Høyde
236 mm
Bredde
162 mm
Dybde
34 mm
Aldersnivå
00, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
336

Forfatter
Oversetter

Biographical note

BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944. A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Reader, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and The Woman on the Stairs. His latest novel, Olga, was a no.1 international bestseller. He lives in Berlin and New York.