The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is the German novel I have been waiting for: it objectifies the Holocaust and legitimately makes all mankind responsible - Sir Peter Hall * Observer *įor generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's The Reader * Evening Standard * a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work * New York Times * Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical * Independent * Schlink's extraordinary novel The Reader is a compelling meditation on the connections between Germany's past and its present, dramatised with extreme emotional intelligence as the story of a relationship between the narrator and an older woman. Publisher: Orion Publishing Co ISBN: 9780753804704 Number of pages: 240 Weight: 212 g Dimensions: 133 x 201 x 19 mm MEDIA REVIEWSĭeeply moving, sensitive enough to make me wince, a Holocaust novel, but light years away from the common run - Ruth Rendell * Sunday Telegraph * A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT
'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. 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.
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Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. 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 in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. An international bestseller.įor 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust.
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