Bernhard Schlink
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born
July 06, 1944
place of birth
Bielefeld, Germany
genre
Literature & Fiction, Philosophy, Politics
about this author
Bernhard Schlink is a German jurist and writer. He became a judge at the Constitutional Court of the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia in 1988 and has been a professor of public law and the philosophy of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany since January 2006.
His career as a writer began with several detective novels with a main character named Selb--a play on the German word for "self." In 1995 he published The Reader (Der Vorleser), a partly autobiographical novel. The book became a bestseller both in Germany and the United States and was translated into 39 languages. It was the first German book to reach the number one position in the New York Times bestseller list.
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The Reader by Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway avg rating 3.54 — 14,260 ratings — published 1995 70 editions |
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Homecoming by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 2.99 — 249 ratings — published 2006 16 editions |
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Flights of Love: Stories by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.74 — 120 ratings — published 2000 10 editions |
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Selbs Mord. by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.71 — 21 ratings — published 1992 8 editions |
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Self's Punishment by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.48 — 21 ratings — published 1997 7 editions |
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Das Wochenende by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.40 — 20 ratings — published 2008 3 editions |
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Self's Deception by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.05 — 20 ratings — published 1992 9 editions |
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Die Gordische Schleife by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 3.12 — 8 ratings — published 2000 3 editions |
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Lektürehilfen Der Vorleser. by Bernhard Schlink avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published 2001 |
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Amours en Fuite by Bernhard Schlink, Robert Simon, Bernard Lortholary avg rating 4.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001 4 editions |
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"Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths? Because such a situation makes it impossible to be happy? But we were happy! Sometimes the memory of happiness cannot stay true because it ended unhappily. Because happiness is only real if it lasts forever? Because things always end painfully if they contained pain, conscious or unconscious all along?"
— Bernhard Schlink
— Bernhard Schlink
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perception
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"There's no need to talk about it, because the truth of what one says lies in what one does."
— Bernhard Schlink
— Bernhard Schlink
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redemption
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"The tectonic layers of our lives rest so tightly one on top of the other that we always come up against earlier events in later ones, not as matter that has been fuly formed and pushed aside, but absolutely present and alive. I understand this. Nonetheless, I sometimes find it hard to bear."
— Bernhard Schlink
— Bernhard Schlink
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| Books I Want To T...: The Reader | 5 | 31 | Feb 22, 2009 11:07PM | |
| Books I Want To T...: * I want to talk about... | 102 | 363 | Mar 05, 2009 04:34PM | |
| Bookwormettes of ...: Has anyone seen The Reader movie? | 2 | 2 | Apr 20, 2009 11:28AM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: Who are the readers? | 29 | 219 | Jun 17, 2009 08:03PM | |
| The Seasonal Read...: German Task | 39 | 139 | Aug 28, 2009 04:47AM | |
| The Next Best Boo...: OFFICIAL SUMMER CHALLENGE 2009 | 6765 | 9631 | Aug 31, 2009 10:23PM | |
| 50 Books A Year: Revzonian's Reading Challenge 2009 | 31 | 135 | Sep 07, 2009 07:27AM | |
| 50 Books A Year: Rachel F's 50 for 2009 | 10 | 83 | Sep 13, 2009 03:47PM | |
| Laugh out Loud Bo...: October Winner: The Reader!! | 15 | 14 | Sep 14, 2009 07:55AM |
