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The Reader

A novel

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink

By Bernhard Schlink
Read by Campbell Scott
Translated by Carol Janeway

By Bernhard Schlink
Read by Campbell Scott
Translated by Carol Janeway

Part of Vintage International

Paperback $15.00

Mar 07, 1999 | 224 Pages

Ebook $11.99

May 01, 2001 | 224 Pages

Audiobook Download $10.00

Nov 11, 2008 | 240 Minutes

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    About The Reader

    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.

    About The Reader

    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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    About The Reader

    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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    About Bernhard Schlink

    Bernhard Schlink is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader. He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. 

    About Bernhard Schlink

    Bernhard Schlink is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader. He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. 

    About Bernhard Schlink

    Bernhard Schlink is the author of the internationally bestselling novel The Reader. He is a former judge and teaches public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and at the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law in New York City. 

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Vintage
    Mar 07, 1999 | 224 Pages | 5-3/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780375707971

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Vintage
    May 01, 2001 | 224 Pages | ISBN 9780375726972

    Category: Literary Fiction | Historical Fiction | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $10.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 11, 2008 | 240 Minutes | ISBN 9780739375969

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    Praise

    "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

    Awards

    International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award NOMINEE 1999

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