Granddaughter

"Granddaughter" is the latest novel by Bernhard Schlink, author of the celebrated "The Reader", a poignant story about the clash of generations, the impossibility of forgetting one's past, and the paradoxes of love and time. Kaspar and Birgit lived together... their entire lives. Many years ago, she fled to him from East Berlin to West, in pursuit of love and freedom. However, only now, in the twilight of their years, is Kaspar destined to learn about the price Birgit had to pay for her escape. One day, returning home, Kaspar finds his wife in the bathroom. She has taken her own life. In search of answers, Kaspar delves into the past of the woman he thought he knew well. One question leads to another, and Kaspar's investigation takes him to strange, dark places where the past is reborn...