The Reader

Paperback Published: May 1998 For Ages: Retail Price: ~~$19.99~~ $17.99 Temporarily out of stock
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Author: Bernhard Schlink Category: / Published By: Hachette Australia Published: 01-May-1998 Format: Paperback, 240 pages, 197x128mm ISBN: 9780753804704 Stock code: 3804704

Product Description

An exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller.

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 that she seems.

Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realise that the person on the dock is Hanna. The woman he has loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret.