Bernhard Schlink - The Reader
Harriett Gilbert talks to Bernhard Schlink about his novel The Reader, which explores German guilt about the Holocaust.
Harriett Gilbert talks to the acclaimed German writer Bernhard Schlink about his explosively controversial novel, The Reader, at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
Made into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film with Kate Winslet The Reader tells of law student Michael Berg who, nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
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- New Year's Day 2011 20:05GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 2 Jan 2011 02:05GMTBBC World Service Online
- Sun 2 Jan 2011 23:05GMTBBC World Service Online
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