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The granddaughter : a novel / Bernhard Schlink ; translated from the German by Charlotte Collins.
"It is only after the sudden death of his wife, Birgit, that Kaspar discovers the price she paid years earlier when she fled East Germany to join him: she had to abandon her baby. Shattered by grief, yet animated by a new hope, Kaspar closes up his bookshop in present day Berlin and sets off to find her lost child in the east. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis, intent on reclaiming and settling ancestral lands to the East. Among them, Kaspar encounters Svenja, a woman whose eyes, hair, and even voice remind him of Birgit. Beside her is a red-haired, slouching, fifteen-year-old girl. His granddaughter? Their worlds could not be more different-- an ideological gulf of mistrust yawns between them-- but he is determined to accept her as his own. More than twenty-five years after The Reader, Bernhard Schlink once again offers a masterfully gripping novel that powerfully probes the past's role in contemporary life, transporting us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to modern day Australia, and asking what unites or separates us"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780063295230
- ISBN: 0063295237
- Physical Description: 326 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: [New York] : HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Content descriptions
- General Note:
- "Originally published as Die Enkelin in Germany in 2021 by Diogenes Verlag AG"--title page verso.
- Language Note:
- In English; translated from the German.
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- Historical fiction.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | SCH (Text) | 35151001204239 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-05-07 |
| Castlegar Public Library | VAN68218501302442 (Text) | BCD68218501302442 | Fiction | Volume hold | On order | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC SCH (Text)
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35140100160129 | New Books Display | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-29 |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC SCH (Text) | 35136000671900 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-18 |
| Fort St. James Public Library | SCH (Text) | 35196001039127 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | In process | - |
| Fraser Lake Public Library | AFHC FIC SCH (Text) | 35195000354412 | Main Floor - Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Gibsons Public Library | FIC SCHL (Text) | 30886001146097 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | In process | - |
| Grand Forks | FIC SCH (Text) | 35142002804598 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Kimberley Public Library | F SCH (Text) | 35137002019023 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2025-04-11 |
| Kitimat Public Library | Sch (Text) | 32665002400655 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |