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And how do we free ourselves from the bonds that bind us to the past when a new love promises great changes?","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159418716412,"sku":"9788501403834","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/dc9b603b052f6c13c7593e58a6b95852.jpg?v=1778324965"},{"product_id":"olga","title":"Olga","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of the international bestseller \u003cem\u003eThe Reader\u003c\/em\u003e , \u003cem\u003eOlga\u003c\/em\u003e is a sweeping novel by Bernhard Schlink about a woman out of step with her time who witnesses the most turbulent events of the 20th century and, despite living in a world ruled by men, forges her own path.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e After the loss of her parents, young Olga is raised by her grandmother in a Prussian village at the turn of the 20th century. Intelligent and precocious, captivating but uncompromising, she struggles against the machismo ingrained in society at the time to find her place in a world ruled by men.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e When she falls in love with her neighbor, Herbert, the son of a local aristocrat, Olga's life changes irrevocably. As their love grows, their differing ambitions and realities become clear. But even when tragedy strikes, there is something that makes their love endure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eUnfolding over decades, spanning two world wars, the rise of Nazism in Germany, and the backdrop of several continents, we follow in Olga the life of a passionate, complex, and fascinating woman who faces the pains of love, war, and life without flinching. This magnificent historical novel by Bernhard Schlink is a rich portrait of a singular woman and her world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"Two world wars and the passage of more than a century do not obscure the story of two lovers who never fully belonged to each other, just as they never fully belonged to the world.\" — \u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e “Readers who love in-depth character studies will want this book.” — \u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \"One of Bernhard Schlink's secrets is his ability to weave stories from generational rifts that have endured a lifetime. \u003cem\u003eOlga\u003c\/em\u003e is a prime example of this.\" — \u003cem\u003eLe Monde\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003e\"A brilliantly constructed story of a romance between people from different social classes... 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In this award-winning novel, Bernhard Schlink pits two generations, pre-war and post-war, against each other through the intimate relationship between a man and a woman.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eMichael Berg is a teenager when he meets the enigmatic Hanna, a woman twenty years his senior. The two then indulge in an obsessive love affair, and their encounters follow a ritual: first they bathe, then he reads fragments of books to her, and only then do they make love. Michael never learns much about his lover. So, when she suddenly disappears, bringing an abrupt end to that period of happiness, he becomes convinced he will never see her again.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eYears later, however, he meets her again at a trial. Hanna is accused of several war crimes and held responsible for countless deaths in a Nazi concentration camp. 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