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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)

The Reader

Bernhard Schlink

Hardcover | Pages: 216 pages

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

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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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If Hannas illiteracy was used by the author as a metaphor to portray the ignorance that allowed an entire generation to perpetrate, or, at least, to comply with the crimes of WWII? Im not so sure about it. After all, the germans were not more ignorant than other people at the time. Far from it. My hypothesis is that Hannas illiteracy represents the inability of reading behind daily events and interpreting their possible consequences, which may sometimes be catastrophic. For Hanna, there was

Great book.Wonderful piece and remotely expressed Words flowing like water in oceans.I'd Miss someone with that book.As the Young Lady entangled with teen.Which flows the flawless love between them even when she got life imprisonment, She was turned to old. And Teen was turned to Man.Time had changed, but their love sustained as he gave her recordings of stories.Lovely Book.Also, Watch movie based on this novel, My one of favourite actress, the drama Queen Kate Winslet's performance was surreal

The topic of the Holocaust is raised almost every day in some manner. Many books have been written about the topic. Whether in studies, documentaries or fictional accounts, finger-pointing at the perpetrators of the crimes against millions has been part of the process of coming to terms with the Nazi atrocities. For Imre Kertesz, renowned author and Nobel laureate of 2002, there is no other topic. Yet, when he reflects on the traumatic impact of Auschwitz, "he dwells on the vitality and

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

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.

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

An Intensely powerful story and I'm still thinking "What do I do with this one??" 15 year old Michael Berg becomes sick and suddenly meets Hanna Schmitz, a much older woman who lives in his neighborhood. She helps him and they begin a relationship. He reads to her, and the intimacy is so strong that I'm not even sure how I should feel about it. It feels real and raw, and dripping in lust, while at the same time, it feels wrong, and I'm left feeling something hollow and wondering if the moral