tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683416399670371313.post5115620171053486277..comments2023-06-09T05:24:21.367-04:00Comments on My Shelf Runneth Over: Reflections: The Reader by Bernhard SchlinkMille Feuillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09472059574304208231noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683416399670371313.post-10501783547015623262009-11-22T06:35:54.456-05:002009-11-22T06:35:54.456-05:00Thank you for your reply. Following your reading h...Thank you for your reply. Following your reading here I'm thinking that yes Hanna is not fully rounded or convincing as a character and perhaps this is because Schlink tried to make her stand in for part of what Michael's generation was inheriting from that earlier period. I guess I'm wondering if he saw a moral illiteracy as one component of that inheritance -- illiteracy not as a plumpes Denkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219097269512050408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683416399670371313.post-54140877050660702172009-11-21T17:58:12.133-05:002009-11-21T17:58:12.133-05:00This one made me cry and I'm not one usually f...This one made me cry and I'm not one usually for tears. Your review was very well written.<br />Thanks for sharing and all the very best.The romantic query letter and the happy-ever-afterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13382165250238920938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683416399670371313.post-54344126238879515972009-11-19T19:58:06.509-05:002009-11-19T19:58:06.509-05:00I think your restating of my position that the ill...I think your restating of my position that the illiteracy issue is "merely" a red herring accurately reveals a problem with Schlink's text that I didn't fairly address or grapple with: Hanna's illiteracy DOES have the feeling of occasionally standing in for a "moral illiteracy." Schlink is using her inability to read as a trope, a painfully facile metaphor that is Mille Feuillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472059574304208231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683416399670371313.post-73600858079143588032009-11-19T18:10:06.955-05:002009-11-19T18:10:06.955-05:00Yes there is some doubt I think that Hanna has an ...Yes there is some doubt I think that Hanna has an interiority. So what is the significance of this? I think your reading is very good -- thanks -- but not sure I'm persuaded by the argument that various elements are merely red herrings. I might have to read again but I wonder if Hanna's illiteracy in particular has more significance for ethical issues raised? If Michael is the frame, is plumpes Denkenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01219097269512050408noreply@blogger.com