Schlink's Der Vorleser: literature, cruelty, and narrative (un)reliability
[nb-NO]Title[nb-NO]Schlink's Der Vorleser: literature, cruelty, and narrative (un)reliability
[nb-NO]Author[nb-NO]
Call number940.5318072/0063
[nb-NO]Object number[nb-NO]09012a
[nb-NO]Place of publication[nb-NO]Lanham, Maryland, United States
[nb-NO]Publisher[nb-NO]Lexington Books
[nb-NO]Year of publication[nb-NO]
2014
[nb-NO]Pagination[nb-NO]pp3-14
[nb-NO]Material[nb-NO]Article
[nb-NO]ISBN[nb-NO]9780739181959
NotesArticle from the book 'Ethics, art and representations of the Holocaust.' pp3-14
[nb-NO]Description[nb-NO]
Gould analyzes Bernhard Schlink's "Der vorleser" in order to delineate the boundary between literature and philosophy. Literature alluding to the Nazi genocide must be historically accurate. The enormity of the subject matter makes it imperative that they neither dismiss the suffering of the victims nor excuse in any way their torturers