Weekend

About This Novel

"Weekend" is a novel written by Bernhard Schlink, an important writer, novelist and best-selling author in the contemporary German literary world. After more than 20 years in prison, Yoelke was pardoned by the president and released. To celebrate his freedom, his sister Christiane organized a weekend party at her house in the suburbs of Berlin, inviting Jörke's friends to attend. Christiana hopes this is a good opportunity to help her brother start a new life, but for those who attended the party, there are mixed emotions and the past is hard to look back on. Jörke was once a member of Germany's "Red Army Faction." This group was deeply influenced by far-left thought and originated from the 1968 student movement in West Germany. It developed into a violent terrorist organization in the 1970s and caused many kidnappings and murders that shocked the world in the 1970s and 1980s. Jörke was a participant in these terrorist incidents. The gathering with Yorke brought all kinds of choices and judgments that seemed to have gone away before everyone again. How should York face the people around him and how should he understand today's world? In three days and two nights of partying, Yorke, his lawyer, his "revolutionary comrades", former lovers, and sons who had lost contact for many years came together... Things have changed, not only Yorke, everyone is looking for their own position again, and everyone is once again faced with the confusion of dreams, responsibilities, sins, forgiveness, friendship, and moral judgment, and today's world facing new terrorist threats makes these more than just retrospectives.

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