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This book is a new novel by the famous contemporary German writer Bernhard Schlink. It tells the story of Birgitte, a female college student in East Germany who ran away from home with the help of her boyfriend Kaspar in the 1960s for the sake of love and freedom. She later married Kaspar... It was not until Birgitte passed away suddenly that Kaspar discovered how much his wife had paid to hide her secrets. He read the diaries and novel manuscripts left by his wife, tracked down her secrets, and searched for her relatives and friends in what is now eastern Germany. There he finally found the daughter's family that his wife had hidden for many years, and he and his "granddaughter" Siglen began a new life. The novel tells the fate of small people in the torrent of history, the dialogue between people who live in a world where they are strangers to each other, the current ideological differences in Germany and Europe, and the path of young people.

"Summer Lies" is a collection of short stories by Bernhard Schlink, an important writer, novelist and best-selling author in the German contemporary literary world. It contains seven short stories. The author wrote seven sad stories around the key word "lie": a man hesitated to return to a normal life after experiencing a lightning love affair he met on vacation; a woman suddenly discovered that the meaning of life she had believed in for many years no longer existed and began to look for students. People who have loved in time try to undo their past decisions; a son embarks on a journey with his father in order to truly understand him; an old man suffering from an incurable disease arranges a summer vacation with his family to say his final farewell to life; a man listens to the passenger next to him on the plane confessing his legendary experience, but suspects that what he is facing is a scam... Family, friendship or love are entangled in daily life, and life is always wandering between doubt and belief.

"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.