A provocative, haunting novel from the acclaimed author of The Reader.
Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They excavate old memories and pass clandestine judgments on the wildly divergent paths
they’ve taken since their youth. But this isn’t just any reunion, and their conversations about the old days aren’t your typical reminiscences: After twenty-four years, J繹rg, a convicted
murderer and terrorist, has been released from prison. The announcement of his pardon sends shock waves throughout the country, but before the announcement, his friends—some of whom were
Baader-Meinhof sympathizers or those who clung to them—gather for his first weekend of freedom. They are invited by J繹rg’s devoted sister, Christiane, whose overwhelming concern for her
brother’s safety is matched only by the unrelenting pull of Marko, a unnervingly passionate young man intent on having J繹rg continue to fight for the cause.
Bernhard Schlink is at his finest as The Weekend unfolds. Passions are pitted against pragmatism, ideas against actions, and hopes against heartbreaking realities.
