Self’s Punishment
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Self’s Punishment is a crime novel co-written by Bernhard Schlink and Walter Popp that follows a former Nazi prosecutor turned advertising executive who confronts his past while investigating corporate corruption in postwar Germany.
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| Self’s Punishment canonical | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
crime novel
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novel ⓘ |
| author |
Bernhard Schlink
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Walter Popp NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
confrontation with Nazi past
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corporate corruption ⓘ guilt and responsibility ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| exploresTopic |
complicity of professionals in Nazi crimes
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ethics of corporate behavior ⓘ legacy of National Socialism in Germany ⓘ personal responsibility for historical injustice ⓘ postwar German society ⓘ |
| genre |
crime fiction
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legal thriller ⓘ |
| hasProtagonistBackground | involvement in Nazi-era prosecutions ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | German crime novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacterOccupation |
advertising executive
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former Nazi prosecutor ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus |
investigation of corporate corruption
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moral reckoning with past crimes ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | German ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | postwar Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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