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OLGA - BERNHARD SCHLINK GEBUNDEN

Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not overshadow [Bernhard Schlink's]
story of lovers who never fully belong to each other  just as they never fully belonged to the
world.-BooklistA brilliant novel about history and the nature of memory.-Evening StandardA
sweeping novel of love and passion from author of the international bestseller The Reader about
a woman out of step with her time  whose life is witness to some of the most tumultuous events
of modern age.Abandoned by her parents  young Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian
village in the early years of the twentieth century. Smart and precocious  endearing but
uncompromising  she fights against ingrained chauvinism to find her place in a world run by
lesser men.When Olga falls in love with her neighbor  Herbert  the son of a local aristocrat 
her life is irremediably changed. While Herbert indulges his thirst for exploration and
adventure  Olga is limited by her gender and circumstance. Her love for Herbert goes against
all odds and encounters many obstacles  but even when they are separated  it enduresUnfolding
across decades-from the late nineteenth to the early twenty-first century-and across
continents-from Germany to Africa and the Arctic  from the Baltic Sea to the German
south-west-Olga is an epic romance  and a wrenching tale of a woman's devotion to a restless
man in an age of constant change. Though Olga exists in the shadows of others  she pursues life
to the fullest and her magnetic presence shines-revealing a woman complex  fascinating  and
unforgettable.Told in three distinct parts  brilliantly shifting from different points of view
and narrative formats  Bernhard Schlink's magnificent novel is a rich  full portrait of a
singular woman and her world.Translated from the German by Charlotte Collins

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