The Granddaughter

<p><b>''Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read <i>The Granddaughter</i> now'' <i>Le Monde </i><br>''The great novel of German reunification'' <i>Le Figaro </i><br>''A masterpiece'' Maurice Szafran<br></b><br>May, 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. <br><br>Shattered 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.<br><br> From the author of the no.1 international bestseller <i>The Reader</i>, <i>The Granddaughter</i> 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.<br><br><b>Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins</b></p>