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  • "Schlink" - street -- the word "Schlink" being associated with bad meat -- deterred persons from furthering the German's speculation.

    Recollections of Old Liverpool A Nonagenarian

  • Based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink, the film stars Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes.

    Winter Solstice 2008 2008

  • Novelist Bernhard Schlink describes a postwar love affair between a German schoolboy and an illiterate woman who had worked as an S.S. guard at a concentration camp.

    2008 December 28 « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • At its best, Schlink, one of Germany's few internationally known authors, allows us a glimpse into the national sense of unease beneath the smooth surface of his country's culture.

    A 'Weekend' to reflect on terrorism of the past Ruth Kluger 2010

  • After all, Schlink has written a number of detective stories.

    A 'Weekend' to reflect on terrorism of the past Ruth Kluger 2010

  • Novelist Bernhard Schlink describes a postwar love affair between a German schoolboy and an illiterate woman who had worked as an S.S. guard at a concentration camp.

    2008 December « One-Minute Book Reviews 2008

  • Schlink is interested in how memories linger or don't, and how a wealthy nation can or cannot integrate its former fear, hostility and violence into today's well-being.

    A 'Weekend' to reflect on terrorism of the past Ruth Kluger 2010

  • Schlink said he appreciated that alteration of his text.

    Regina Weinreich: Rethinking The Reader 2009

  • This odd and fascinating character - a composite of a beloved teacher and other elders -- was cooked up by writer Bernhard Schlink for his 1995 book, controversial as Schlink said in a recent interview, because of Hanna's remorseless, astonishingly cold lack of morality.

    Regina Weinreich: Rethinking The Reader 2009

  • Schlink published on the subject "Rechtsstaat und revolutionaere Gerechtigkeit", arguing against criminal punishment, defending the "nulla crimen sine lege" principle and arguing that the Radbruch-formula doesn't apply in those cases; esp regarding soldiers who shot persons which "illegaly" tried to cross the boarder towards the west.

    "The Reader" is a law movie. Ann Althouse 2009

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