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    The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
    The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
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    The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Book Analysis): Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide

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    Unlock the more straightforward side of The Reader with this concise and insightful summary and analysis!

    This engaging summary presents an analysis of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, which tells the story of an affair between a young boy named Michaël and an older woman, Hanna. Years after their affair, Michaël attends a trial and comes face-to-face with Hanna, who went on to become an SS-officer and is now accused of major crimes at the concentration camp where she worked. The Reader tackles the feelings of shame and guilt that plagued those who lived through the Holocaust in Germany and the uncomfortable reality of what happened in the concentration camps, making for a difficult yet moving read. Schlink was received many prestigious awards for his writing, many of them for The Reader, and his hard-hitting novels are very popular with readers from across the world. 

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    This in-depth and informative reading guide brings you:
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    • Character studies
    • Key themes and symbols
    • Questions for further reflection

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrightSummaries.com
    Release dateOct 12, 2016
    ISBN9782806280329
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      The Reader by Bernhard Schlink (Book Analysis) - Bright Summaries

      German writer

      Born in Bielefeld, Germany in 1944

      Notable works:

      Self’s Punishment (2005), novel

      The Reader (1995), novel

      The Weekend (2010), novel

      Born in Bielefeld, Germany in 1994, Bernhard Schlink is a judge and a law professor. He grew up in a protestant family. His father worked as a theology professor at a nearby university, but was called up during the war.

      Schlink is the author of numerous crime novels, including a trilogy of works which all feature the same protagonist - a detective named Gerhard Selb. The Reader (Der Vorleser in German) was published in 1995, and made waves on the literary scene of the time. Schlink currently lives between Berlin and New York.

      The weight of hindsight

      Genre: novel

      Reference edition: Schlink, B. [no date] The Reader. [online]. Trans. Brown Janeway, C., New York: Vintage Books. [Accessed 14 July 2016]. Available from: <http://www.kkoworld.com/kitablar/bernhard_slink_qiraetci_kko-eng.pdf>.

      First edition: 1995

      Themes: World War II, Nazism, concentration camps, reading, illiteracy, shame

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