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Bernhard Schlink
Full Series List in Order
Gerhard Self
Self's Punishment (Mar-2005)Self's Deception (Jun-2007)
Self's Murder (Aug-2009)
Book List in Order: 15 titles
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The Reader
- 1995
- / General Fiction
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Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. When he falls ill on his way hom...
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Flights of Love
- Oct-2001
- / General Fiction
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Bernhard Schlink brings to these seven superbly crafted stories the same sleek concision and moral acuity that made The Reader an international bestseller. His charactersâ€"men with importunate appetites and unfortunate habits of deceptionâ€"are ...
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Self's Punishment
- Mar-2005
- / Suspense
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As a young man, Gerhard Self served as a Nazi prosecutor. After the war he was barred from the judicial system and so became a private investigator. He has never, however, forgotten his complicity in evil.Hired by a childhood friend, the aging Self s...
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Self's Deception
- Jun-2007
- / Suspense
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Gerhard Self, the dour private detective, returns in this riveting crime novel about terrorism, governmental cover-up, and the treacherous waters where they mix. Leo Salger, the daughter of a powerful Bonn bureaucrat, is missing, and Self has been...
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Homecoming
- Jan-2008
- / General Fiction
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A child of World War II, Peter Debauer grew up with his mother and scant memories of his father, a victim of war. Now an adult, Peter embarks upon a search for the truth surrounding his mother's unwavering--but shaky--history and the possibility of f...
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Self's Murder
- Aug-2009
- / Suspense
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Gerhard Self, the seventy-something, sambuca-drinking, Sweet-Afton smoking sleuth returns in a riveting new mystery about money-laundering, murder, and mafiosi.Despite his failing health and his girlfriend's pleading, Gerhard Self won't stop doing wh...
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The Other Man
- Mar-2010
- / General Fiction
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Offers stories which explore the complexities and contradictions which can exist in love relationships, exemplified in the title story which examines a man's obssession with finding the truth about his wife's relationship with another man....
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The Weekend
- Oct-2010
- / Literary
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Old friends and lovers reunite for a weekend in a secluded country home after spending decades apart. They excavate old memories and pass clandestine judgments on the wildly divergent paths they've taken since their youth. But this isn't just any reu...
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The Gordian Knot
- Dec-2010
- / Thriller
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Georg Polger ekes out a lonely living as a freelance translator in the south of France, until he is approached by a certain Mr. Bulnakov, who has a intriguing proposition: Georg is to take over a local translation agency and finish a project left by ...
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Summer Lies: Stories
- Aug-2012
- / Literary
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From Bernhard Schlink, the internationally best-selling author of The Reader, come seven provocative and masterfully calibrated stories. A keen dissection of the ways in which we play with truth and less-than-truth in our lives. Summer Lies brims wit...
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The Woman on the Stairs
- Mar-2017
- / Mystery
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In a museum far from home a man stumbles onto a painting of a woman for whom he once, long ago, risked everything and who then mysteriously disappeared from his life. As a young lawyer, the nameless protagonist of The Woman on the Stairs became e...
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The Granddaughter
- Jan-2025
- / Literary
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"Anyone who wants to understand contemporary Germany must read The Granddaughter now" -- Le Monde"The great novel of German reunification" -- Le FigaroFrom the bestselling author of The Reader, a striking exploration of the woun...
Award-Winning Books by Bernhard Schlink
1998 Boston Book Review -- Fiction