{"product_id":"the-granddaughter-bernhard-schlink-9798874872762","title":"The Granddaughter","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\"Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now\"\" --Le Monde\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"The great novel of German reunification\"\" --Le Figaro\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Reader\u003ci\u003e, a striking exploration of German reunification and today's rise in populism, told through the story of a grandfather's attempt to connect with his radicalized granddaughter.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMay, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShattered 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the author of the 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated from the German by Charlotte Collins\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernhard Schlink\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798874872762\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/07\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e CD","brand":"Bernhard Schlink","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":46372795777279,"sku":"9798874872762","price":55.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2ea4414e-dd0a-4d17-a25d-f70a28b71915.jpg?v=1732726985","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-granddaughter-bernhard-schlink-9798874872762","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}