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Title	:	The Reader
Author	:	Bernhard Schlink
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Special Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 216 pages
Published	:	June 26th 1997 by Pantheon (first published 1995)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction

The Reader Hardcover | Pages: 216 pages

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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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Original Title:	Der Vorleser
ISBN:	0375408266 (ISBN13: 9780375408267)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Michael Berg, Hanna Schmitz
Setting:	Germany
Literary Awards:	Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1999), Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1997), Prix Laure Bataillon (1997), Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1997), Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης for Ιάκωβος Κοπερτί (2000) International Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1999)

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This is not a book that I wanted to read. So many times while reading books about the Holocaust, I feel a disconnectedness from the events. It's a mixture of two things. The first is that the sheer scope of events is just too large, too horrific, for one person's words to do justice to it. The second, and this could partly be due to the first problem, is that I detest being manipulated by my books. With a lot of Holocaust literature the villains are stock characters; the malevolent Colonel with

Lust, love, obsession, or compulsion?15 year old Michael falls in love with 36 year old Hanna. They make love and he reads to her every night. He questions his actions and Hanna's reactions, his faults and hers. He can't decide who is at blame. Years later, she is on trial for the choices she made prior to meeting Michael. He watches from a distance, still questioning who she is to him. Mercy and longing saturate this book. Novels that make me feel something are rare. This one took me somewhere.

Whenever a film is coming out that is based on an acclaimed book, I try to read the book first (knowing that the reverse order almost never happens for me). The Reader is the latest such circumstance, and I'm glad I made the time for this quick read. The book centers on the reflections of a man who, as a teenager in post WW-II Germany, had a passionate love affair with a reticent and mysterious older woman. Mere months later, she disappears from his life. The rest of the book explains why, and



booring. is that a review?? this was just very flat to me. i wasn't offended by the subject matter - i could care less about the "scandalous" elements. but the writing was so clinical and thin. at one point, i blamed the translation, but c'mon - its not that hard to translate german to english (i can't do it, of course, but it's supposed to be one of the easiest translations) i have nothing helpful to say about this except i was bored bored bored. the characters were unappealing, the "twists"

**This review contains spoilers since what I have to say about this book can't be expressed without revealing details. If you haven't read this book and wish to, you should stop reading now...**If I had read this book, 'The Reader' by Bernhard Schlink a decade ago, I would have felt much differently about it than I do reading it now. This book, a thin volume at just 218 pages, presents moral situations or dilemmas which invite the reader to consider his own feelings and beliefs. I am much less

What About the Children?The Reader is a profound exposition of the 'second generation' issues concerning moral guilt for the Holocaust. But it is, I think, also relevant more generally to the way in which human beings get ensnared incrementally into the evils of their society. We are all inevitably involved in this larger problem. And, like the SS guards at a Nazi death camp, we are unaware of the moral peril of our situation, and unwilling to remove ourselves from that situation even when its