The Reader
Author
Original Work
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Year
1999
Publisher
Pages
224
ISBN
9780375707971
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany. "A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." —Los Angeles Times 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.— Google Books
Press Reviews
- The Guardianby Simon Ings · Nov 2014
This is an exuberant look at love and life in an absurd and godless universe, writes<strong> Simon Ings</strong>
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