Quote by: Bernhard Schlink

As I looked and looked, the living face became visible in the dead, the young in the old. This is what must happen to old married couples, I thought: the young man is preserved in the old one for her, the beauty and grace of the young woman stay fresh in the old one for him.


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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