It provides a thorough exploration of the novel’s plot, characters and main themes, including in particular intergenerational trauma and the difficulty of coming to terms with the horrors of the past. This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. However, he is best known for his 1995 novel The Reader, which achieved international success and picked up a number of literary prizes in multiple countries. Schlink currently divides his time between New York and Berlin. He is the author of numerous crime novels, including a trilogy of works which all feature the same protagonist, a detective named Gerhard Selb. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.īernhard Schlink is a contemporary Germany lawyer and writer. It provides a thorough exploration of the novel's plot, characters and main themes, including in particular intergenerational trauma and the difficulty of coming to terms with the horrors of the past. This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. In 2008, it was adapted into an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and directed by Stephen Daldry.īernhard Schlink is a contemporary Germany lawyer and writer. The Reader has been translated into around 40 languages and was the first German novel to top the New York Times bestseller list. This short novel, written in a straightforward and sober style, explores the shame and incomprehension felt by the generation of Germans who lived through the two world wars and then had to come to terms with the atrocities committed in the name of their country.
It is centred around the relationship between a young German man and an older woman who turns out to be a former SS guard. The next generation and the weight of the past This clear and detailed 27-page reading guide is structured as follows:
The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. 9782806280329 27 EBook Plurilingua Publishing This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of The Reader by Bernhard Schlink.
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