Topic: Bernhard Schlink
Written by a German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, (Der Vorleser) The Reader unfolds during a time when Germany is trying to emerge from the dark shadow cast by the Holocaust. It was not just these guards that were on trial ...
NEW YORK (Reuters) - After winning global acclaim with his holocaust novel "The Reader," themes of guilt and retribution are central to Bernhard Schlink's latest book as he tackles another dark period in German history.His new novel "The Weekend" follows a ...
There was always going to be a problem with The Reader. The novel by Bernhard Schlink, published in 1995, was the first in German fiction to humanise a concentration camp guard. It casts Kate Winslet as Hanna, the former SS guard who ...
The Savage Detectives, by Roberto Bola& ntilde;o composed some of the more self-indulgent passages with his right hand or his left.AHSelf's Deception, by Bernhard Schlink, translated by Peter Constantine (Phoenix, & pound;7.99)Before having a worldwide hit with ...
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Bernhard Schlink author of 'The Reader ...
www.youtube.com/qtv German author Bernhard Schlink sits down ...2009-04-23 -
Bernhard Schlink on forgiveness and reconciliation
The following clip is a highlight. To view the full ...2009-09-29 -
BBC World Book Club - Bernhard Schlink
A short clip from the BBC World Service high profile ...2011-01-24
