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The Granddaughter

The Granddaughter

by Bernhard Schlink

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

Format
Paperback
Category
Fiction
Publisher
Hachette
Publish Date
October 2024

'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

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