Bernhard Schlink: The Granddaughter, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Granddaughter
- Original title: Die Enkelin
- Translation:
- Charlotte Collins
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Group, 10/2024
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781399614863
- Item number:
- 11786121
- Volume:
- 324 Pages
- Weight:
- 500 g
- Format:
- 234 x 153 mm
- Thickness:
- 26 mm
- Release date:
- 24.10.2024
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
Other releases of The Granddaughter |
Price |
|---|---|
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 17.95* |
| Buch, Gebunden, Englisch | EUR 27.41* |
| Buch, Kartoniert / Broschiert, Englisch | EUR 11.17* |
Blurb
'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' Guardian
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
Biography (Bernhard Schlink)
Bernhard Schlink, geboren 1944 in Bielefeld, aufgewachsen in Heidelberg. Jurastudium dort und in Berlin, danach wissenschaftlicher Assistent. Erste Professur für VerfR und VerwR in Bonn, dann in Frankfurt. 1988 Richter des VerfGH für das Land NRW. Nach der Wende 1989 in Berlin tätig. Heute Professor für öffentliches Recht und Rechtsphilosophie an der Humboldt-Universität in Berlin und Richter am LVerfGH in Münster. Zunächst Fachbuch-, dann Romanveröffentlichungen. Auszeichnungen: 1989 Glauser Autorenpreis für deutschsprachige Kriminalliteratur ("Die gordische Schleife"), 1992 Deutscher Krimi-Preis ("Selbs Betrug"), 1997 Hans-Fallada-Preis der Stadt Münster, Italiens 'Grinzane Cavour' und Prix Laure Bataillon ("Der Vorleser"). 1999 erstmals den "Welt"-Literaturpreis, im Februar 2000 die Ehrengabe der Düsseldorfer Heinrich-Heine-Gesellschaft.
