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The Reader Paperback – 1 February 2009

by Bernhard Schlink (Author)

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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.

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240 pages
Language

English
Publisher

W&N
Publication date

1 February 2009
Dimensions

19.4 x 1.8 x 12.9 cm
ISBN-10

0753823292
ISBN-13

978-0753823293
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'For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's THE READER.' - Evening Standard

'A sensitive, daring, deeply moving book about the tragic results of fear and the redemptive power of understanding.' - Ruth Rendell

'Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful... Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart.' - New York Times Book Review

'Readers of the book - thousands, one hopes - will understand the nature of atonement when they have finished reading it.' - Daily Telegraph

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'For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's THE READER.' - Evening Standard

'A sensitive, daring, deeply moving book about the tragic results of fear and the redemptive power of understanding.' - Ruth Rendell

'Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful... Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart.' - New York Times Book Review

'Readers of the book - thousands, one hopes - will understand the nature of atonement when they have finished reading it.' - Daily Telegraph

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ W&N; 1st edition (1 February 2009)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0753823292
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0753823293
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 19.4 x 1.8 x 12.9 cm

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denise brown

Five Stars

Reviewed in Australia on 8 April 2018

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Great bopk

Reviewed in Australia on 18 May 2016

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Need to read it twice . More than meets the eye

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Colin Bateman

... that a woman in her thirties would fall in love with a boy of fifteen and think that he ...

Reviewed in Australia on 28 February 2015

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I found it quite unbelievable that a woman in her thirties would fall in love with a boy of fifteen and think that he was seventeen. I also found it astonishing that his parents, siblings and school friends did not become suspicious of his behaviour and activities. It seems too much of a coincidence that he ended up sitting in on her trial and made no attempt to contact her. It was also unusual that when he met the presiding judge he did not reveal that she was illiterate and this would have carried some weight in determining her sentence. I also found it strange that he never visited her until it was too late, even though the warden knew that he was writing to her. CB

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Sparky

Read AFTER watching the movie…

Reviewed in Canada on 6 December 2023

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I don’t usually enjoy reading books after seeing the movie but THIS was a real pleasure, having seen the movie FIRST. The book expands on the movie, which isn’t surprising.

Ricardo Cruz

El producto claramente fue previamente usado

Reviewed in Mexico on 10 May 2022

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En varias paginas hay dobleces y algunas frases fueron subrayadas con pluma.

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Adnan Soysal

soul of German reckoning with the past

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 24 March 2024

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Author of the book Bernhard Schlink is a lawyer, academician and novelist
I guessed he was compelled by his studies to write a novel about post war German peoples relation with Nazi Germany .
It is sort exposition of the soul of the post war German

The book is very structured, containing three sections, each split into three -four pages.
Sentences are direct, simple, easy to read.
It could be a good story but plot was raw.
And it ends sort of rough, raw, and vague.
Maybe all this are features of the way post war German should reckoning with the past.

Manoj Sinha

Seems to be a true story

Reviewed in India on 17 May 2022

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Loved the book due to the pace of story, simplicity, innocence writing style, inner journey of characters.

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Abayomi Mandela Silva Félix

Great reading

Reviewed in Brazil on 19 September 2019

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I did read this book after I had watched the movie. At first I decided to read the book just to fill some gaps on my understanding of the storie, but when I was reading I realized that the story on the book has a lot of other meanings that the movie just don't capture

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