The Reader
Author(s): Bernhard Schlink
An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller. For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret. 'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT
Product Information
Part of the Phoenix 'Eyewitness to History' promotion
Shortlisted for Heathrow Travel Product Award: Travel Read, Fiction 2009.
"A stunning examination of evil, this novel explores crime and punishment, love and guilt, dignity and degradation." GOOD BOOK GUIDE
General Fields
- :
- : Orion Publishing Group, Limited
- : Phoenix
- : 0.23
- : 01 September 1997
- : 198mm X 129mm X 16mm
- : United Kingdom
- : books
Special Fields
- : 216
- : Paperback
- : Bernhard Schlink
- : Carol Brown Janeway