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Bernhard Schlink General Fiction Colours of Farewell 240 pages 11.6 × 18.4 cm August 2020 Published by Diogenes as Abschiedsfarben

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Bestseller

# 1 Spiegel Bestseller # 2 Swiss Bestseller

Movie adaptations

2011: Das Wochenende Director: Nina Grosse Cast: Katja Riemann, Sebastian Koch, Barbara Auer

2009: The Reader Director: Stephen Daldry Screenplay: David Hare Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Hannah Herzsprung und Alexandra Maria Lara

Stories about the kind of goodbyes that weigh heavy upon us, and 2008: The Other Man the ones that set us free, about the success and failure of love, about Director: Richard Eyre trust and betrayal, about menacing and overpowering memories and Screenplay: Richard Eyre how the right thing often comes into the wrong life, and the wrong Cast: Liam Neeson , Laura Linney und Antonio thing into the right life. Banderas Stories about people in different phases of life and about their hopes and entanglements. 1991: Der Tod kam als Freund »Love and do what thou wilt« is not a recipe for a happy ending, but Director: Nico Hoffmann an answer for when all other answers fail. Cast: Martin Benrath, Hannelore Elsner, Heino Ferch, Marianne Hoppe Stories that surprise, disturb, and delight.

Awards

2014 ›Pak Kyong-ni Prize‹ der südkoreanischen Kulturstiftung Toji für sein schriftstellerisches Schaffen 2003 ›Bundesverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse‹ für Der Vorleser 2002 ›Preis des German-British Forum‹ für sein Gesamtwerk

1 / 3 2014 256 pages The WomanontheStairs 2021 368 pages The Granddaughter Photo: Gaby Gerster / © Diogenes Verlag Legion d’Honneur‹andtheItalian›GrinzaneCavourPrize‹. (Order ofMerit)1stClass‹,theFrench›Chevalierdansl’Ordredela and internationalprizesliketheGerman›Bundesverdienstkreuz worldwide renownasanauthor.Hehasbeenawardedwithnational into morethan50languagesandestablishedBernhardSchlink’s turned intoamoviebyStephenDaldryin2009,hasbeentranslated Berlin andNewYork.HisnovelTheReader,publishedin1995 Bernhard Schlink,bornnearBielefeldin1944,isalawyerandlives Bestseller 2011 96 pages Thoughts onWriting 2021 96 pages The 20thofJuly 2010 288 pages Summer Lies 2018 320 pages Olga Bestseller Bestseller 2008 240 pages The Weekend 2015 288 pages Explorations Bestseller MovieAdaptation Grossmann /SächsischeZeitung,Dresden bottomed psychologicalstudies.« – Karin condemn. Hedeliversintricate,false- »Schlink doesn’tjudge,andhe Ludwigshafen music.« –FrankPommer/DieRheinpfalz, one whichisprobablysuitedascomfort »Schlink composesakindofDeathFugue,but Zurich upbeat tone.«–MartinEbel/Tages-Anzeiger, Schlink’s earlierwork,theyoftenendinan over quiteanumberofthesestories.Butunlike »A melancholytransienceandfutilitysettle Stuttgart profound.« –RainerHartmann/SWR1, entertainment, thesestoriesaredeeply entire novel.Farfrombeingmere »30 pagessometimeshavetheintensityofan Thiel /MünchnerMerkur,Munich ideals, andanartoftheessential.«–Markus human beingsandtheir(oftenbetrayed) »It exudesapsychologicalknowledgeabout Manfred Papst/NZZamSonntag,Zurich »Powerful stories,toldwithoutfrills.«– Britta Helmbold/RuhrNachrichten,Dortmund whole lifeintothesmallshapeofastory.«– »Bernhard Schlinkunderstandshowtoputa Post, Düsseldorf suspense.« –LotharSchröder/Rheinische unexpected turnsofevents,fordramaand »Schlink possessesanunmistakablesensefor Colours ofFarewell Praise 1989 1993 1997 1997 1997 1999 2000 2000 2000 2001 2001 Awards(cont'd) gordische Schleife Kriminalliteratur ›DerGlauser‹fürDie Autorenpreis deutschsprachige Krimi ArchivsfürSelbsBetrug ›Deutscher Krimi-Preis‹desBochumer Lortholary) Autor sowiefürdenÜbersetzerBernard Der Vorleser(Auszeichnungfürden ›Prix LaureBataillon‹(Frankreich)für Neumünster fürDerVorleser ›Hans-Fallada-Preis‹ derStadt Der Vorleser ›Grinzane-Cavour-Preis‹ (Italien)für Schaffen Literaturpreis‹ fürseinliterarisches Erstmals verliehener›WELT- Vorleser Buchbestseller vergebenwird,fürDer jedes Jahraneinenjapanischen Tageszeitung MainichiShinbun,der ›Sonderkulturpreis‹ derjapanischen Büchereien fürDerVorleser Deutschen VerbandesEvangelischer ›Evangelischer Buchpreis‹des Gesellschaft inDüsseldorf ›Ehrengabe‹ derHeinrich-Heine- Joenpelto-Preis‹ derGemeindeLohja Finnischer Literaturpreis›Eeva de laLégiond’Honneur‹ Ernennung zum›Chevalierdansl’Ordre 2 / 3 Praise (cont'd)

»In his latest book, the 76-year old Schlink convinces with his precise style, making sentiments and scenes vivid in just a few words.« – Sabine Kleyboldt / Kölnische Rundschau, Cologne

»This book, luminous in its many nuances, immediately captures the reader and doesn’t let go.« – Janina Fleischer / Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hannover

Guilt of the Past The Homecoming Verifications Self's Murder »His prose is accessible to any reader; written 192 pages 384 pages 368 pages 272 pages 2007 2006 2005 2001 in a clear, calmly flowing language that Bestseller doesn’t need stylistic effects.« – Ursula März / Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Cologne

»Those reading Bernhard Schlink’s new book Colours of Farewell will find themselves surrounded by the intense mood of Indian summer.« – Heribert Vogt / Rhein-Neckar Zeitung, Heidelberg

»There are few authors who can fill the pages of a book with such simple elegance.« – Günter Keil / Landshuter Zeitung, Landshut

»These stories really pack a punch, and have Flights of Love The Reader Self's Deception The Gordian Knot great depth. Whether they’re about lies, 320 pages 208 pages 304 pages 272 pages betrayal or guilt.« – Torsten Hunger / MDR 2000 1995 1992 1988 Thüringen, Erfurt Movie Adaptation Award winner Award winner Award winner Movie Adaptation Bestseller »In a sense, this book is a detailed gaze at our living conditions; it debates, in different ways, the question of how we want to cohabit.« – Nico Hofmann / Die Zeit Newsletter, Hamburg

»Nothing is easy in the protagonists’ lives; love is the knottiest question of all.« – Raffaella de Santis / La Repubblica, Torino

Bernhard Schlink

»Schlink knows the depths of the human soul all too well. The writer and judge proves with Self's Punishment each of his books that he knows how to 352 pages transform German history into literature.« – 1987 ZeitPunkt, Leipzig Movie Adaptation

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