NMLP P-043129 · Point of issue · minted 2026-07-19

The Reader (Der Vorleser)

Bernhard Schlink · Diogenes Verlag AG, Zurich (German true first, 1995); Pantheon Books, New York (first English, 1997) · 1995

The copyright page reads 'Copyright (c) 1995 Diogenes Verlag AG Zurich' and states the Auflage, and it is the stated Auflage — not the 1995 date — that identifies the impression: further Auflagen were printed within 1995 itself (a signed 'Vierte Auflage, im Jahr der Erstausgabe' hardcover is recorded in the trade), so a 1995 title page alone proves nothing

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New Mexico Literacy Project — Point of issue NMLP P-043129 for "The Reader (Der Vorleser)" by Bernhard Schlink (https://newmexicoliteracyproject.org/id/point/p-043129, CC BY 4.0, dataset DOI 10.5281/zenodo.21184548).