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THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER

'Bernhard Schlink speaks straight to the heart' New York Times

Olga is an orphan raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. Smart and precocious, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees her as second-best.

When she falls in love with Herbert, a local aristocrat obsessed with the era's dreams of power, glory and greatness, her life is irremediably changed.

Theirs is a love against all odds, entwined with the twisting paths of German history, leading us from the late 19th to the early 21st century, from Germany to Africa and the Arctic, from the Baltic Sea to the German south-west.

This is the story of that love, of Olga's devotion to a restless man - told in thought, letters and in a fateful moment of great rebellion.

Author Biography

BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944.

A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels THE READER, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS.

His latest novel, OLGA, was a #1 international bestseller.

He lives in Berlin and New York.

Product Details

Author	Bernhard Schlink
Imprint	WEIDENFELD & NICOLSON
ISBN-10	1474611141
ISBN-13	9781474611145
Format	Paperback
Publication Date	10 November 2020
Pages	320
Language	English
Audience	General/Trade