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‘The Reader’: Decoding Holocaust Guilt

‘The Reader’: Decoding Holocaust Guilt

The award-winning novel ‘The Reader’ was written by Bernhard Schlink who happens to be a German law professor and judge. It is small wonder that the novel is suffused with the topic of Holocaust guilt. In fact, ‘The Reader’ sags so heavily beneath the weight of the subject of guilt. Hanna (played in the movie adaptation by Kate Winslet which [...]