The Granddaughter From the author of the no.1 international bestseller The Reader

''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 In search of love and freedom, Birgit flees to Kaspar in West Berlin. It is only after her death that Kaspar discovers the price she paid to get there. He sets out to uncover her secrets in the East, meeting those she cared about, witnessing their oppression and determination first-hand. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, and to a young girl who comes to think of him as a grandfather. Their worlds could not be more different - but he is determined to fight for her. He, too, considers her a granddaughter. From the author of the no.1 international bestseller The Reader , The Granddaughter is a gripping and transportive novel that asks what might be found when it seems like all is lost. Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

Product details

• Authors: Bernhard Schlink
• Assisted by: Charlotte Collins (Translation), Collins Charlotte (Translation)
• Publisher: Weidenfeld and Nicolson
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 01.08.2024
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9781399614856
• ISBN: 978-1-399-61485-6
• Pages: 336
• Dimensions (packing): 16.2 x 23.6 x 3.4 cm
• Subjects: Berlin, FICTION / Historical / General, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), German History, Historical fiction, FICTION / Literary, Olga, Fiction in translation, Berlin Wall, Homecoming, Modern and contemporary fiction, West Germany, East Germany, Ddr, 20th Century History, Beach Read, Modern classic, German Novels, mystery books, Kindle books, German author, book club picks, summer thriller, translated fiction, best summer reading books 2024, reading group fiction, a woman in berlin, contemporary classic, Self's Deception, The Woman on the Stairs, post ww2 Germany, Self's Punishment, The Gordian Knot, books on kindle, Flights of Love, the weekend, Summer Lies, Self's Murder