Weekend (Vintage International)

by Bernhard Schlink

Shaun Whiteside (Editor)

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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, Jörg, a convicted murderer and terrorist, has been released from prison. The announcement of his pardon will send shock waves through 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...Read more
  • ISBN10 1283996278
  • ISBN13 9781283996273
  • Publish Date 1 January 2010
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 14 April 2015
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Vintage
  • Format eBook
  • Language English