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Bernhard SchlinkThe ReaderBernhard SchlinkThe ReaderCD
UPC: 9780739375952Release Date: 11/25/2008
LIST PRICE: $14.99 (you save $5.25)
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. "A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." --Los Angeles Times |
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