Description
In the wake of German reunification, a grieving grandfather sets out to understand the life his radicalized granddaughter has inherited—and the choices that shaped it. Beginning in 1964, when love crosses the wall between East and West Berlin, the story traces how one woman’s flight for freedom carries a hidden cost, and how that rupture echoes decades later in the rise of extremist politics. As the search draws him into the orbit of modern right-wing movements, the novel asks what it means to build a shared future when memory, guilt, and ideology keep dividing families and nations. With Bernhard Schlink’s signature blend of moral inquiry and intimate storytelling, this provocative novel illuminates the long shadow of history, the fragility of trust, and the unsettling pathways by which love can be both thwarted and transformed.
Available Editions
paperback
Harpervia
Published Jan 7, 2025
ISBN: 9780063295230
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Details
First Published
2019
Language
eng
Translation
From: deu
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for The Granddaughter by BERNHARD. SCHLINK.