Bernhard Schlink
1) The reader
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Language
English
Description
Translation of a German novel about the erotic awakening of fifteen-year-old Michael Berg who engages in a secret affair with a mysterious older woman.
2) The weekend
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Language
English
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Description
A group of old friends and lovers gather after decades apart at a country estate to celebrate the first weekend of freedom for Jörg, a convicted murderer and terrorist who has been released from prison after twenty-four years, sending shockwaves through the nation.
Author
Language
English
Description
The six essays that make up this compelling book view the long shadow of past guilt as a German experience as well as a global one. International bestselling author Bernhard Schlink explores the phenomenon of guilt and how it attaches to a whole society, not just to individual perpetrators. He considers how to use the lessons of history to motivate individual moral behaviour, how to reconcile a guilt-laden past, the role of law in this process, and...
Author
Publisher
Books on Tape
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
Description
A child of World War II, Peter Debauer grew up with his mother and scant memories of his father, a victim of war. Now an adult, Peter embarks upon a search for the truth surrounding his mother’s unwavering–but shaky–history and the possibility of finding his missing father after all these years. The search takes him across Europe, to the United States, and back: finding witnesses, falling in and out of love, chasing fragments of...
6) The reader
Publisher
Genius Products
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Post-WWII, Germany. Michael Berg is a teenager who becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her. The two are quickly drawn into a passionate but secretive affair. Michael discovers that Hanna loves being read to and their physical relationship deepens. Hanna is enthralled as Michael reads to her from different works of literature. Despite their intense bond,...