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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. 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.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: The Reader
• Author: Bernhard Schlink
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224
• EAN: 9780375707971
• ISBN: 0375707972
• ID: 10985959
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing
• Weight: 249 g
• Dimensions: 210 × 133 × 19 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. February 1999

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