title: The Weekend: A Novel
author:  Bernhard Schlink 
description: Old friends cautiously reunite at an isolated German estate after one of them is released from prison in Schlink's (The Reader) meditative novel on the past's grip on the present and the possibility--or impossibility--of redemption. Convicted of quadruple murder and numerous acts of terrorism on behalf of the radical left, Jrg spent 24 years in prison before being unexpectedly pardoned. His sister, Christiane--whose obsessive concern for her brother's welfare has turned her into a borderline recluse--arranges a gathering to welcome Jrg back into society. Among those assembled are journalist Henner, whom Jrg believes betrayed him to the police; quiet Ilse, using the weekend to begin a novel about a common friend's alleged suicide; and Marko, a young revolutionary keen on convincing Jrg to use his newly earned freedom to speak out against the current government. Schlink avoids the easy route of condemnation and salvation, never lingering too long on Jrg's crimes--though the ties to the RAF aren't cloaked--and though the past is admirably handled (sketched in, but not overbearing), the book's real strength is the finely wrought dynamics among the characters, whose relationships and histories are fraught with a powerful sense of tension and possibly untoward potential. <br />Copyright  Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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  The Weekend Deal
  
  
  
  
  
  Jaqueline Snowe
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
    
  
  
  Published: 2020
  
  
  Published by: Jaqueline Snowe
  
  
  Copyright © 2020, Jaqueline Snowe
  
  
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  This is a work of fiction. The characters, incidents, dialogue, and
  description are of the author’s imagination and are not to be constructed as
  real. Any resemblance to actual events or persons, living or dead, is
  completely coincidental.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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