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"Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now" -Le Monde
"The great novel of German reunification" -Le Figaro
From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller's attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.
It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east.
His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different- an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them- but he is determined to accept her as his own.
More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past's role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us.
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
"The great novel of German reunification" -Le Figaro
From the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the past, told through the story of a German bookseller's attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.
It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east.
His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different- an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them- but he is determined to accept her as his own.
More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past's role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us.
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins
"Compelling...Schlink does a superb job of character development and sensitively charts the evolving relationship between Kaspar and Sigrun. . . . well plotted and unfailingly interesting, building suspense as readers wonder what will happen to Sigrun as she becomes a young woman." - Booklist (starred review)
"Schlink offers an unflinching look at the neo-Nazi movement and the compromises people make out of love. It's a powerful story of loss and the desire to move forward." - Publishers Weekly
"The Granddaughter is the great novel of German reunification . . . a perfect blend of sadness and tenderness." - Le Figaro
"Some great novels manage to encapsulate an entire era, showing how history makes its way into the innermost recesses of families and individuals. Such is the case with War and Peace, in its epic style, and such is the case, for a very different subject, with Bernhard Schlink's new book, The Granddaughter." - Le Monde
"Bernhard Schlink is one of the greatest talents in contemporary German literature. He is a sensitive, keenly observant and extremely intelligent storyteller. His prose is clear, precise and beautifully elegant." - Frankfurter Neue Presse
"Schlink offers an unflinching look at the neo-Nazi movement and the compromises people make out of love. It's a powerful story of loss and the desire to move forward." - Publishers Weekly
"The Granddaughter is the great novel of German reunification . . . a perfect blend of sadness and tenderness." - Le Figaro
"Some great novels manage to encapsulate an entire era, showing how history makes its way into the innermost recesses of families and individuals. Such is the case with War and Peace, in its epic style, and such is the case, for a very different subject, with Bernhard Schlink's new book, The Granddaughter." - Le Monde
"Bernhard Schlink is one of the greatest talents in contemporary German literature. He is a sensitive, keenly observant and extremely intelligent storyteller. His prose is clear, precise and beautifully elegant." - Frankfurter Neue Presse