Holocaust as Fiction Bernhard Schlink's Nazi

Holocaust as Fictionseeks to explain and critically evaluate the extraordinary success of Schlink's internationally acclaimed novel,The Reader, the widely read "Selb" detective trilogy, and two popular films based closely on his work. With the help of wide-ranging reception data, the work of Holocaust scholars, and historical and legal reflections on the concept of guilt, Donahue moves to elucidate not only these works, but the critical climate that has fostered their success.

William Collins Donahue is Chair of Germanic Languages & Literature at Duke University.

Introduction: “Mighty Aphrodite”—Or How to Have it Both Ways * Resister after the Fact: Schlink’s Selb Trilogy and the Culture of Politically Correct Holocaust Literature * Soothing Fictions: Ambiguity as Defense * “What Would You Have Done?”: Guilt as Virtue * Fathers & Sons: Two Kinds of Second Generation Victim * The Holocaust’s “Afterlife” in Contemporary German Literature: Select Case Studies * The Reader as an American Novel * The Hollywood Reader

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Holocaust as Fiction Bernhard Schlink's "Nazi" Novels and Their Films

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