The Reader
Bernhard Schlink
The Reader was an international bestseller. When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2001
- ISBN-13
- 9780375726972
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topics
- Guilt and the legacy of the HolocaustComing of age and forbidden loveSecrets and shame
Awards
- International Dublin Literary AwardShortlistedMajor(1999)
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