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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 that she seems.

Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realise that the person on the dock is Hanna. The woman he has 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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    1 May 1998
  5. Dimensions
    20.1 x 1.9 x 13.3 cm
  6. ISBN-10
    0753804700
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0753804704
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Deeply moving, sensitive enough to make me wince, a Holocaust novel, but light years away from the common run -- Ruth Rendell ― Sunday Telegraph

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. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical ― Independent

Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart . . . a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work ― New York Times

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

For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's The Reader ― Evening Standard

Haunting and unforgettable ― Literary Review

[Schlink] explores the conflict between generations, wrestling with collective guilt and individual motivation. He examines the nature if understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness. He does these things with honesty, restraint and a moral precision both unsettling and rare. The result is as compelling as any thriller ― The Times

A stunning examination of evil, this novel explores crime and punishment, love and guilt, dignity and degradation. ― GOOD BOOK GUIDE

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ W&N; 1st edition (1 May 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Sports ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0753804700
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0753804704
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 20.1 x 1.9 x 13.3 cm
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denise brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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4.0 out of 5 stars Four Stars
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Need to read it twice . More than meets the eye
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Colin Bateman
3.0 out of 5 stars ... 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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Ricardo Cruz
2.0 out of 5 stars 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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Ricardo Cruz
2.0 out of 5 stars El producto claramente fue previamente usado
Reviewed in Mexico on 10 May 2022
En varias paginas hay dobleces y algunas frases fueron subrayadas con pluma.
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Adnan Soysal
5.0 out of 5 stars 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.
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Manoj Sinha
5.0 out of 5 stars 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
5.0 out of 5 stars 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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