Welcome to the litcharts study guide on bernhard schlink s the reader. By contrast the english title is vague and general and i fear this can only be the case for the language of the text as a. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. A concise biography of bernhard schlink plus historical and literary context for the reader. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The guilt arising from the holocaust causes michaels generation to be torn between love for their parents and the moral obligation of condemning them for their. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Each part takes place in a different time period in the past.
Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. She takes care of michael and brings him home to his family. The reader kindle edition by schlink, bernhard, carol. The reader, comparison of the book with its film final. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the reader. The story is told in three parts by the main character, michael berg. The reader by bernhard schlink in chm, fb2, fb3 download ebook. Bernhard schlink, author of the reader and a series of other works that tackle the guilt of his and other generations about the past, says that german children today still have to deal with the. Verlag marcel dolega, bochum 2004, isbn 3937376038.
The reader by bernhard schlink pdf free download ebook. The book became a bestseller both in germany and the united states and. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Um eine interpretation als zentrum gruppieren sich 10 wichtige. Guilt is destructive in that it creates inner conflict as well as conflict within relationships and across generations. The book was published in 1995 and two years later in the united states. Pdf on sep 1, 2003, daniel reynolds and others published portrait of misreading. Schlink portrays guilt as both destructive and necessary. He became a judge at the constitutional court of the federal state of north rhinewestphalia in 1988 and has been a professor of public law and the philosophy of law at humboldt university, berlin, germany since january 2006.
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