The theme of the book is the holocaust and questions of guilt, as it tells the tale of michael berg and his affair with hanna schmitz, who turns out to have been a guard at auschwitz and who later hangs herself this edition makes the german text accessible to students, providing the full german text, with a substantial introduction, commentary, vocabulary and. Bernhard schlink born 6 july 1944 is a german lawyer, academic. If you are looking for a book that is a fast read and a real pageturner that leaves you craving others to discuss its moral ambiguity with, the reader by bernhard schlink is a great choice. A conversation with bernhard schlink gisela holfter. Some scenes of the movie the reader by stephen daldry based on the novel by bernhard schlink were filmed in house 2 in the student village. Schlink first became a published author with flights of love, a collection of stories. The book became a bestseller both in germany and the. Schlink bernhard 1299 downloads 8844 views 194kb size report this content was uploaded by our users and we assume good faith they have the permission to share this book. Berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several. Bernhard schlink author of the reader bestselling author bernhard schlink talks about world war ii, the face of evil and having his novel and 1999 oprahs book. Oct 22, 2015 bernhard schlink begins his novel, the reader, with a scene of the main character. Last friday, bernhard schlink, the author of the reader, visited humboldt university in berlinformer east berlin, as he made clearand took questions from.
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