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Hardcover The Reader Book

ISBN: 0679442790

ISBN13: 9780679442790

The Reader

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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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

Customer Reviews

8 customer ratings | 6 reviews

Rated 4 stars
Still Good

I read this way back in high school (for myself, not for school) and fell in love with it. I'm glad to find I still enjoy it as much now as I did then.

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Rated 5 stars
Much better than the movie.

I left the film with many questions about the motivation of the main characters. I then decided to buy the book and was rewarded with a more morally and philosophically complex development of these characters. A quick read and far more satisfying than the movie even if the actors turned in very gifted performances.

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Rated 5 stars
Intense, Emotional, Moving, and Unforgettable

"The Reader" is an intensely moving novella in which Michael, a fifteen-year old German boy, falls in love with a thirty-six-year old woman, Hanna, a streetcar conductor. A story as old as the hills, yet their affair became a life-altering event for both of them. The narrative is divided into three sections: one, the affair, two, Hanna's trial as the perpetrator of war crimes atrocities while she was serving as an SS guard...

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Rated 5 stars
Ein wunderbares Buch, das wichtige Fragen stellt

Ein wunderbares Buch mit vielen Höhepunkten und überraschenden Momenten, das es verdient hat, auch in Amerika die Bestsellerlisten zu stürmen. In Deutschland bezeichnete Der Spiegel den Roman bei der Veröffentlichung im Jahr 1995 als ein literarisches Ereignis. Dem kann man nur zustimmen, denn selten kommt ein kurzes Buch, mit rund 200 Seiten, das derart fesselt. Bernhard Schlink hat drei Themen (Holocaust, Analphabetismus...

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Rated 5 stars
COMPELLING...COMPLEX...PROFOUND...

Winner of the Boston Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, this thematically complex story is written in clear, simple, lucid prose. It is a straightforward telling of an encounter that was to mark fifteen year old Michael Berg for life. The book, written as if it were a memoir, is divided into three parts. The first part of the book deals with that encounter. While on his way home from school one day in post-war Germany, Michael...

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The Reader Mentions in Our Blog

The Reader in It's Our Day! Celebrate National Book Lovers Day with Us
It's Our Day! Celebrate National Book Lovers Day with Us
Published by Ashly Moore Sheldon • August 08, 2021

August 9 is our day! And we're making the most of it. Here we share some of our favorite ways to celebrate National Book Lovers Day, our favorite books about bibliophiles, and fun qualities that book lovers share.

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