Bernhard Schlink
German author and legal scholar best known for The Reader, a novel about a post-war German's complicated relationship with an older woman who was a Nazi concentration camp guard. The novel was a worldwide bestseller.
Works
- The ReaderFormer Nazi collaborator and student form transformative relationship through literature
- Self's PunishmentMan grapples with guilt and the consequences of past actions
- Flights of LoveStories exploring desire, passion, and complexity of human connection
- The WeekendMarried couple's weekend retreat exposes hidden tensions and secrets
- The Woman on the StairsMan becomes obsessed with woman living in his apartment building