Bernhard Schlink

 
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    Bernhard Schlink: Der Vorleser

    Warum macht es mich so traurig, wenn ich an damals denke? Ist es die Sehnsucht nach vergangenem Glück – und glücklich war ich in den nächsten Wochen, in denen ich wirklich wie blöd gearbeitet und die Klasse geschafft habe und wir uns geliebt haben, als zähle sonst nichts auf der Welt. Ist es das Wissen, was danach kam und daß danach nur ans Licht kam, was schon da war? More ...

    Bernhard Schlink: The Reader

    When I was fifteen, I got hepatitis. It started in the fall and lasted until spring. As the old year darkened and turned colder, I got weaker and weaker. Things didn't start to improve until the new year. January was warm, and my mother moved my bed out onto the balcony. I saw sky, sun, clouds, and heard the voices of children playing in the courtyard. As dusk came one evening in February, there was the sound of a blackbird singing.More ...

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