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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. From the Trade Paperback edition.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
ISBN-100739375954
ISBN-139780739375952
eBay Product ID (ePID)109193303
Product Key Features
Book TitleReader
TopicLiterary, Historical
Publication Year2008
LanguageEnglish
GenreFiction
AuthorBernhard Schlink
Dimensions
Item Height1.1in.
Item Length5.9in.
Item Width5.1in.
Item Weight5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." -- Los Angeles Times "Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful. . . . [ The Reader ] leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart." -- The New York Times Book Review "Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally complex. . . . Mr. Schlink tells his story with marvelous directness and simplicity." -- The New York Times "Haunting. . . . What Schlink does best, what makes this novel most memorable, are the small moments of highly charged eroticism." --Francine Prose, Elle From the Trade Paperback edition., "A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." -Los Angeles Times "Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful. . . . [The Reader] leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart." -The New York Times Book Review "Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally complex. . . . Mr. Schlink tells his story with marvelous directness and simplicity." -The New York Times "Haunting. . . . What Schlink does best, what makes this novel most memorable, are the small moments of highly charged eroticism." -Francine Prose,Elle From the Trade Paperback edition.
Dewey Edition21
Number of Volumes4 Vols.
Dewey DecimalFic
Edition DescriptionUnabridged Edition