The gravel would crunch underfoot, and by the time Grandfather and I had reached the entrance Grandmother would have heard us coming and opened the door
The gravel would crunch underfoot, and by the time Grandfather and I had reached the entrance Grandmother would have heard us coming and opened the door. The crunch of the gravel, the buzz of the bees, the scratch of the hoe or rake in the garden-since those summers at my grandparents' these have been summer sounds; the bitter scent of the sundrenched boxwood, the rank odor of the compost, summer smells; and the stillness of the early afternoon, when no child calls, no dog barks, no wind blows
This was a difficult time for Germany, but also for other nations whose troops were returning home after the devastation of war.
Homecoming is a tale of fathers and sons, men and women, war and peace.
The author of ‘The Reader’ returns to a well-known theme: age entranced by youthful beauty. The author of ‘The Reader’ returns to a well-known theme: age entranced by youthful beauty. Homecoming is a tale of fathers and sons, men and women, war and peace. It reveals the humanity that survives the trauma of war and the ongoing possibility for redemption.
Like all his books, it was a great read.
Only 4 left in stock (more on the way). Only 3 left in stock (more on the way). Like all his books, it was a great read.
The resulting literary thriller, The Reader, became a celebrated international bestseller
He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. Looking for More Great Reads? Discover Book Picks from the CEO of Penguin Random House US. Close.
A professor of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels THE READER, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS.
He is best known for his novel The Reader which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. His mother, Irmgard, had been a theology student of his father, whom she married in 1938.
Books by this Author. He studied law at West Berlin’s Free University, graduating in 1968. He served as a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia beginning in 1988, and became a professor for public law and the philosophy of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany in 1992, a position he held until his retirement in 2006
A professor of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels THE READER, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS.