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The Reader

Bernhard Schlink

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#1449 of 8,085 books · #238 in Historical Fiction

Shortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award (1999) and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Fiction (1997).

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.

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Publisher
Vintage
ISBN-13
9780375726972
Topics
Guilt and the legacy of the HolocaustComing of age and forbidden loveSecrets and shame

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