Three Days

6 hrs. 24 min.

Language Russian

Author Bernhard Schlink

Narrator Sergey Kirsanov

Description

Bernhard Schlink’s new novel—the author of the famous "The Reader"—tells the story of the first three days of freedom of a German terrorist sentenced to life imprisonment but pardoned after twenty-four years in prison, one of the leaders of the far-left extremist organization the Red Army Faction (RAF), which for nearly three decades waged an urban guerrilla war against the state. The first days of freedom prove to be a difficult ordeal for Jörg and his old friends—former comrades-in-arms, now quite prosperous and respectable citizens who sincerely want to help him adapt to a new, free life. However, without sorting out the past, it is impossible to build the future. And in Jörg’s past there are brazen kidnappings and murders, ultimatums to the government, constant risk, fanatical faith in an idea, and almost a quarter of a century in a prison cell. But perhaps that was the real life, and ahead lies only miserable existence? Or was the past a monstrous mistake, and if so, were all the sacrifices, all the blood, in vain?.. But if the future is still possible, what then is its meaning? What is the meaning of life?