On Tuesday, Feb. 3, the Center for German and European Studies at Brandeis will present a reading by best-selling German author Bernhard Schlink. He will read from his novel, “Der Vorleser” ("The ...

And who better? Schlink’s 1995 bestseller, “The Reader” — adapted into a Hollywood movie starring Kate Winslet — told a deceptively simple story of a young man’s affair with an older ...

A love affair between a teenage boy and an older woman is at the heart of this story about the post-WWII generation in Germany grappling with the horrors of the Holocaust.

Like “The Reader” (1995), the novel that put Mr. Schlink on the literary map, “The Granddaughter” engages with both historical trauma and generational bonds. It thematizes not only the ...

THE READER opens in post-war Germany when teenager Michael Berg becomes ill and is helped home by Hanna, a stranger twice his age. Michael recovers from scarlet fever and seeks out Hanna to thank her.