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Bernhard Schlink, author portrait
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Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader. He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. 

The Weekend
The Gordian Knot
Self's Murder
Homecoming
Self's Deception
Self's Punishment
Flights of Love
The Reader

Books

The Weekend
The Gordian Knot
Self's Murder
Homecoming
Self's Deception
Self's Punishment
Flights of Love
The Reader

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