Reading of responsibility 9/10 The Reader is a subtle, thought-provoking work that continues – but does not quite belong to – a tradition of Holocaust literature. The novel very cleverly raises questions about the nature of complicity and the boundaries of responsibility. It also examines the idea of collective ‘amnesia’ and its consquential twin, collective [...]
Bernhard Schlink – The Reader
October 2nd, 2007 · No Comments · Fiction
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