7/6/2023 0 Comments Olga bernhard![]() ![]() 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. 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. Abandoned by her parents, young Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village in the early. 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. Olga by Bernhard Schlink - book cover, description. ![]() ![]() Smart and precocious, she fights against the prejudices of the time to find her place in a world that sees her as second-best. Olga is an orphan raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. We also meet Herbert, a boy who runs, all the time, everywhere. We meet Olga when she is a young child a bright child, a solitary child she likes to stand and look says her mother. Beautifully written, and perfectly paced, it was a delight from beginning to end. ‘A poignant portrait of a woman out of step with her time’ Observer The novel Olga by Bernhard Schlink is one of the best I have read this year. ‘A cleverly-constructed tale of cross-class romance’ Mail on Sunday ‘Brilliant… A tale of love and loss in 20th century Germany’ Evening Standard Olga by Bernhard Schlink Translated by Charlotte Collins Summary: Olga is an orphan raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village around the turn of the 20th century. ‘Bernhard Schlink speaks straight to the heart’ New York Times ![]()
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