Self’s Murder

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Self’s Murder is a psychological crime novel by German author Bernhard Schlink that explores guilt, memory, and moral ambiguity through the investigation of a lawyer’s apparent suicide.

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instanceOf novel
psychological crime novel
author Bernhard Schlink NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Germany
explores ethical complexity of human behavior
psychological consequences of guilt
unreliability of memory
genre crime fiction
mystery novel
psychological fiction
hasAuthorNationality German
hasCentralEvent apparent suicide of a lawyer
hasForm prose
hasSetting Germany NERFINISHED
language German
literaryGenre novel
literaryPeriod 20th-century literature
mainTheme guilt
memory
moral ambiguity
narrativeElement investigation
originalLanguage German
plotFocus investigation of a lawyer’s apparent suicide
protagonistOccupation lawyer
workOf Bernhard Schlink NERFINISHED

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Bernhard Schlink notableWork Self’s Murder