The Weekend

Name: The Weekend
Brand: Recorded Books
Availability: InStock
Author: Bernhard Schlink
ISBN: 9781449839734

Author: Bernhard Schlink

Narrator: Jefferson Mays

Unabridged: 5 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 10/14/2010

Categories: Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

Bernhard Schlink burst onto the literary scene with the internationally best-selling Oprah's Book Club selection The Reader. Through his unique brand of gripping narrative, Schlink scores again with The Weekend, the tale of old friends who come together for a remarkable reunion. One of the group is a convicted murderer and terrorist, fresh out of prison and joined by his devoted sister. But another guest has remained true to the cause that might spell trouble for them all.

About Bernhard Schlink

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 Reader, which became a multi-million copy international bestseller and an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and The Woman on the Stairs. He lives in Berlin and New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jim on March 18, 2022

[Edited and pictures added 3/18/22] The author, best known for his book The Reader, takes us back to the era of Germany’s urban violence, the Red Brigades, most notoriously the Baader-Meinhof Communist-anarchist group in the 1970s and early 1980s. This group was responsible for hundreds of violent in......more

Goodreads review by Owlseyes on May 06, 2024

This is a (fiction) book* about a dark period of Germany's History: 1970-1998. Some speak about a "German Autumn". Basically, it refers to the acts of a terrorist organization called Red Army Fraction (RAF=Rote Armee Fraktion), which conducted acts of terrorism against a State deemed to be "fascist"......more

Goodreads review by Sandra on October 22, 2020

La nota real sería 2.5 pero al no haber medias estrellas le puse tres, es el primer libro que leemos en el club de mi biblioteca, y no he empezado de todo bien es una lectura rápida, de un tema controvertido y es como la representación de una obra teatral donde el lugar principal es la casa y allí e......more

Goodreads review by Digdem on January 18, 2025

3,5 ⭐️ Eski RAF militanı Jörg yirmi yılı geçen mahkumiyetinin ardından özel bir afla serbest bırakılır. Küçük yaşlardan itibaren ona bakan ablası Christiane Jörg’ün hapisten çıkmasını kutlamak için eski arkadaşlarını hafta sonu tatili için şehir dışındaki evine davet eder. En son Jörg hapse girmeden......more