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Biographical note
BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944. A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels The Reader, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and The Woman on the Stairs. His latest novel, Olga, was a no.1 international bestseller. He lives in Berlin and New York.Deeply moving, sensitive enough to make me wince, a Holocaust novel, but light years away from the common run
- Ruth Rendell, Sunday Telegraph
Schlink's extraordinary novel <i>The Reader </i>is a compelling meditation on the connections between Germany's past and its present, dramatised with extreme emotional intelligence as the story of a relationship between the narrator and an older woman. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical
Independent
Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart . . . a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work
New York Times
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is the German novel I have been waiting for: it objectifies the Holocaust and legitimately makes all mankind responsible
- Sir Peter Hall, Observer
For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's <i>The Reader</i>
Evening Standard
Haunting and unforgettable
Literary Review
A stunning examination of evil, this novel explores crime and punishment, love and guilt, dignity and degradation.
GOOD BOOK GUIDE
[Schlink] explores the conflict between generations, wrestling with collective guilt and individual motivation. He examines the nature if understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness. He does these things with honesty, restraint and a moral precision both unsettling and rare. The result is as compelling as any thriller
The Times