![]() ![]() I was drawn to his longing for the emptiness of the desert, a kind of nihilism, which made young Germans rush to their deaths in World War I.īut then, I increasingly wondered what sort of woman might have loved and lived with such a man. He would eventually lead a poorly prepared expedition to the Arctic, the desert of snow and ice, which cost him his life. ![]() He was a young man who enrolled to join the war against the Herero in German Southwest Africa – now Namibia – and fell in love with the desert. ![]() I was inspired by a real-life officer turned explorer named Herbert Schröder-Stranz. I actually was first interested in Herbert. Olga is this remarkable autodidact who witnesses decades of German history. The bestselling author and Berlin local discusses his novel, Olga, which travels through decades of modern history to ask: is it time to stop focussing on victims and villains?īook editor Alex Wells called Schlink to celebrate Olga’s new translation into English. Bestselling author and Berlin local Bernhard Schlink. ![]()
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