Granddaughter

For the first time in Russian, the latest novel by Bernhard Schlink, the author of the acclaimed "The Reader," is a poignant story about the clash of generations, the impossibility of forgetting one's past, the paradoxes of love and time.... Kaspar and Birgit lived together their whole lives. Many years ago, she fled to him from East Berlin to West Berlin, in search of love and freedom. However, only now, in the twilight of their years, is Kaspar fated to learn the price that Birgit had to pay for her escape. One day, upon returning home, Kaspar finds his wife in the bathtub. She has taken her own life. In search of answers, Kaspar dives into the past of the woman he thought he knew well. Some questions give rise to others, and Kaspar's investigation leads him to strange, dark places where the past comes back to life...