Olga

Olga
Bernhard Schlink, Charlotte Collins
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Paperback
h198 x 129mm - 304pg
13 May 2021 UK
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9781474611152
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THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER' Bernhard Schlink speaks straight to the heart' New York TimesOlga 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.
One of Bernhard Schlink' s secrets stems from his art of telling stories by interweaving the standpoints of different generations in the very same life story. Olga is another very well-done example of that. * Le Monde * In this moving book Bernhard Schlink resurrects the last traces of an unfulfilled love, with his trademark, sophisticated nostalgia. * Le Nouvel Observateur * Bernhard Schlink, whose The Reader we haven' t forgotten, impresses again withOlga. * Lire * Everything points towards Olga being a new bestseller which can pick up where the international success of The Reader left off. In other words: not to be missed! * SWR1 * Schlink is a brilliant stylist; this bittersweet love affair is deeply moving. * Hamburger Abendblatt * The third part of the novel - letters Olga writes to Herbert after he' s set out for the Arctic - is the most beautiful. Here, the camera finally zooms in and we learn of Olga' s feelings, how she' s torn between hope and fear, love and anger at her lover, who has left her for a madcap expedition. * Spiegel * [Schlink] takes up motifs from his most famous work The Reader. Olga, who fights to be allowed to continue her education, seems like an alternative draft of the illiterate Hannah, whose lacking abilities led to her becoming a concentration camp guard during the Nazi era. * Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung * Olga is captivating. Bernhard Schlink tells the story in lucid, serene language. He is a master of this warm, pleasant tone, which has a hint of the old-fashioned to it. * Stern * Schlink tells a gripping, true-to-life story which startles you with its unforeseen twists, and not only makes you think, but feel too. * NDR Kultur * Schlink was and is an author for readers who love intelligently told stories. And they won' t be disappointed by Olga. * Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich *
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.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781474611152
Published: 13 May 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Format: Paperback
Height: 198mm
Width: 129mm
Pages: 304

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