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Offered here is this Soft Cover First Vintage International Edition of The Reader, by Bernhard Schlink. It has a copyright date of 1998 and was translated by Carol Brown Janeway. It is in particularly good condition, with only some light dust and a few light stains and scuffs on the cover. The spine and binding are holding well, and all 218 pages are intact and in good condition. This was a number one national best seller. It is an interesting read, in great condition…
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. She enthralls him with her passion but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears.
When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student and Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime. But as he watcher her refuse to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes that his former lover may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder…
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. She enthralls him with her passion but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears.
When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student and Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime. But as he watcher her refuse to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes that his former lover may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder…
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