The Weekend - Tapa blanda

Praise for "The Weekend""Schlink avoids the easy route of condemnation and salvation . . . The book's real strength is the finely wrought dynamic among the characters, whose relationships and histories are fraught with a powerful sense of tension and possibly untoward potential." "--Publishers Weekly" Praise for "The Reader""Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally complex . . . Schlink tells this story with marvelous directness and simplicity, his writing stripped bare of any of the standard gimmicks of dramatization." " --The New York Times " "[A] beautiful, disturbing, and finally morally devastating novel. From the first page, "The Reader" ensnares both heart and mind." " --Los Angeles Times" Praise for "Homecoming""A beguilingly oblique novel . . . Despite its intricate, mazelike progression, "Homecoming" has surprising narrative thrust." "--The Economist" "Sensitive and disturbing . . . The reader's mind opens to theo

Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They plumb their memories of each other and pass quiet judgments on the life decisions each has made since their youth. This isn't, however, just any old reunion, and their conversations of the old days aren't typical reminiscences. After 24 years, Joerg - a convicted murderer and terrorist, is released from prison on a pardon. A former member of the Red Army Faction (or Baader-Meinhof Group), the announcement of Joerg's release is sure to send shock waves throughout Germany. But before this happens, his group of friends - most of whom were RAF sympathizers - gather for his first weekend of freedom. They are invited by Christiane, Joerg's devoted sister, whose suffocating concern for her brother is matched only by the unrelenting pull of Marcko, a dangerously passionate young man intent on using Joerg to continue the cause.