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

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Prof Bernhard Schlink Charlotte Collins

The Granddaughter

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

Prof Bernhard Schlink, Charlotte Collins

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
29 October 2024

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fiction in translation

'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

May, 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

By: Prof Bernhard Schlink
Translated by: Charlotte Collins
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm,
ISBN: 9781399614863
ISBN 10: 139961486X
Pages: 336
Publication Date: 29 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming

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.