Quote by: Bernhard Schlink

I could never stop comparing the way it was with Gertrud and the way it had been with Hanna; again and again, Gertrud and I would hold each other, and I would feel that something was wrong, that she was wrong, that she moved wrong and felt wrong, smelled wrong and tasted wrong. I thought I would get over it. I hoped it would go away. I wanted to be free of Hanna. But I never got over the feeling that something was wrong.


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Author Bio


  • NameBernhard Schlink
  • DescriptionGerman writer
  • BornJuly 6, 1944
  • CountryGermany
  • ProfessionJurist; Judge; Writer; Novelist
  • WorksThe Reader
  • AwardsVerdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland; Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse Des Verdienstordens Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland