The Reader

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1995 · Bernhard Schlink

GenresHolocaust literaturehistorical fiction

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The Reader is a novel by German law professor and judge Bernhard Schlink, published in 1995. The story is a parable dealing with the difficulties post-war German generations have had comprehending the Holocaust; Ruth Franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation Bertolt Brecht called the Nachgeborenen. Like other novels in the genre of Vergangenheitsbewältigung, The Reader explores how the post-war generations should approach the generation that took part in, or witnessed, the atrocities. These are the questions at the heart of Holocaust literature in the late 20th and early 21st century, as the victims and witnesses died and living memory was fading.

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Type: Book
Release date: January 1, 1995
Genres: Holocaust literature, historical fiction
Created by: Bernhard Schlink
Countries: Germany