The Reader
$34.73
- Paperback
240 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2009
Summary
The Secret Within: A Forbidden Love, A Shocking Trial
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 wom…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780753823293 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0753823292 |
| Series: | W&N Essentials |
| Author: | Prof Bernhard Schlink, Bernhard Schlink |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Co |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Edition: | Film tie-in ed |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 216g |
| Dimensions: | 194mm x 129mm x 18mm |
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Critics Review
This mesmerising novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of post-war Germany
‘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 TelegraphAbout The Author
Prof Bernhard Schlink
Bernhard Schlink was born in Germany in 1944. He is a professor of law at the University of Berlin and a practising judge. He lives in Bonn and Berlin.
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