Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read "The Granddaughter" now. The great novel of German reunification. A masterpiece.

May 1964. At a youth festival in East Berlin, an unlikely young couple falls in love. On those bright spring days, everything seems possible for them. Only many years later, after her death, does Kaspar discover the price his wife paid to reach him in West Berlin. Devastated by grief, Kaspar sets out to uncover Birgit's secrets in the East. His search leads him to a rural community of neo-Nazis and to a young girl who accepts him as her grandfather. Their worlds could not be more different, but he is determined to fight for her.

From the author of the international bestseller "The Reader," "The Granddaughter" is a gripping novel that transports us from the divided Germany of the 1960s to contemporary Australia and raises the question of what can be found when everything seems lost. Translated from German by Charlotte Collins.