Bernhard Schlink: The Late Life, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Late Life
- From the author of the no.1 international bestsellers The Reader and The Granddaughter
- Original title: Das späte Leben
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- Translation:
- Charlotte Collins
- Publisher:
- Orion Publishing Group, 10/2026
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781399627559
- Item number:
- 12635407
- Volume:
- 192 Pages
- Release date:
- 22.10.2026
- Note
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Caution: Product is not in German language
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Blurb
What can death teach us about life?
'One of the greatest achievements of the author of The Reader' Les Echos
'Schlink's novel belongs alongside Julian Barnes's. It sounds like a farewell' Le Figaro littéraire
'Masterful' Süddeutsche Zeitung
At seventy-six, Martin Brehm is, by his own measure, content. He tends his garden, writes, and cares for his six-year-old son, David, while his much younger wife pursues her work as a painter. Their life, though unconventional, feels complete - until a diagnosis of terminal cancer gives him only months to live.
Confronted with the certainty of his death, Martin becomes determined to secure a future for those he loves and leave behind something lasting. But as his plans unfold, he begins to question what it truly means to give. What will remain a gift and what will become a burden?
In the final season of his life, Martin must face the limits of intention and the necessity of letting go. The Late Life is a tender, searching and quietly profound novel that explores how to live fully at the edge of death, the value of a good death and how to leave, well.
'One of Germany's most celebrated and popular writers' Financial Times
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.
