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This book offers a fresh look at how the incomprehensible horror of the Holocaust becomes more comprehensible through literature and art. Der Vorleser continues to be a highly controversial work of contemporary fiction. McDonald's analysis elucidates new truths to the conflicting themes about the uncomplementary forces of using fictive psychological literature in the historically significant setting that embodies the novel.

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...the novel (Der Vorleser) was not intended as a Holocaust book, but rather as a book about the plight of the members of his own postwar generation caused by a strained relationship to their parents...McDonald skillfully navigates the conflicting interpretations...convincingly argues, Hanna was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Nevertheless, her illiteracy and sense of order do not absolve her from failing to act morally in a difficult situation. (Professor Franz A. Birgel, Muhlenberg College) Edward R. McDonald's detailed, insightfully interpreted and exhaustively researched study will be an invaluable tool for students of contemporary German literature. McDonald's critical study reveals new insights not only into Schlink's novel Der Vorleser, but also into late twentieth century German literature in general and specifically the question of generational conflicts in postwar Germany. (Associate Professor Vera Stegmann, Department of Modern Languages and Literature, Lehigh University)

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