by Bernhard Schlink · W&N · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780753804704
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«The Reader» is the novel by Bernhard Schlink, published by W&N in paperback (240 pages, in English).
Michael Berg, a fifteen-year-old adolescent, begins a secret relationship with Hanna, an older and enigmatic woman. Years later, as a law student, he witnesses a trial in which she is accused of an atrocious crime; the process forces him to confront the love of the past, guilt, and the legacy of the Holocaust in the German conscience.
English edition translated by Carol Brown Janeway; work originally published in German as «Der Vorleser» in 1995.
For readers of contemporary and historical fiction and reading clubs interested in memory and responsibility.
Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize.
