false 5901042 <![CDATA[The Reader (Movie Tie-in Edition)]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/42/5901042-m-1255718160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/42/5901042-s-1255718160.jpg Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

]]> 101299 71 23684 book 1995 Der Vorleser total:18797|5:3188|4:6985|3:6030|2:2053|1:540| 18797 66621 25462 2930 2894 3.54 19495 3074 47246674 797824 2909769 0307454894 9780307454898 276 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-m-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-s-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2909769.The_Reader 3.60 1094 The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 4 31 false Mon Feb 23 07:43:24 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 23 07:44:32 -0800 2009 more...]]> 36808908 1405967 386380 0679781307 9780679781301 90 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355853m/386380.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355853s/386380.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386380.The_Reader 3.55 429 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 4 19 false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 03 02:30:13 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 01 12:31:54 -0800 2009 bildungsroman, it follows Michael Berg since the age of 15 till full maturity. On the other hand, it's the post-war German generation coming to terms with their past, the Nazi crimes and their par...more...]]> 632657 45618 22671 0375408282 9780375408281 14 <![CDATA[The Reader (Oprah's Book Club (Audio))]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167356476m/22671.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167356476s/22671.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/22671.The_Reader 3.72 127 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 2 11 false Sun Apr 08 10:57:53 -0700 2007 Wed Dec 16 17:42:50 -0800 2009 more...]]> 39277778 1234887 2909769 0307454894 9780307454898 276 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-m-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-s-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2909769.The_Reader 3.54 18797 The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 4 10 false Thu Dec 04 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 07:07:28 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 12:44:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 17749640 195320 5194 0375707972 9780375707971 124 <![CDATA[The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206m/5194.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206s/5194.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5194.The_Reader 3.44 829 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 1 9 false Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 14 10:45:28 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 07:20:41 -0700 2008 more...]]> 48306135 61519 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 15291 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 5 25 false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 05 06:36:37 -0800 2009 Wed Apr 22 02:14:02 -0700 2009 ever forget. I highly recommend it to anyone.

However, I repeat: I had a very hard time with this book. I finis...more...]]> 39404654 1662951 386380 0679781307 9780679781301 90 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355853m/386380.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174355853s/386380.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/386380.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 5 6 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 05 17:07:07 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 04 19:10:48 -0800 2009
The Holocaust is a difficul...more...]]> 39763578 1710557 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 3 4 false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Wed Dec 10 03:59:23 -0800 2008 Fri Mar 27 05:21:10 -0700 2009
At first, I wondered if the style of writing- distant, reserved- was a function of the transla...more...]]> 29755865 1376766 5194 0375707972 9780375707971 124 <![CDATA[The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206m/5194.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206s/5194.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5194.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 2 7 false Sat Jan 31 08:59:10 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 10 08:04:05 -0700 2008 Sat Jan 31 08:59:10 -0800 2009
The first pa...more...]]> 42913132 1289391 2909769 0307454894 9780307454898 276 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-m-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-s-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2909769.The_Reader 3.54 18797 The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 4 3 false Tue Jan 13 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 10:16:04 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 11:12:41 -0800 2009 Vergangenheitsbewaeltigung Schlink presents the reader with a number of moral conundrums as well as with compelling portraits of the two principal characters. Since the reader comes to know the characters and experience the conundrums from the point of view of...more...]]> 39282303 803773 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 4 2 false Thu Dec 04 08:01:07 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 08:53:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 47820355 395599 5901042 0307473465 9780307473462 50 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/42/5901042-m-1255718160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/59/42/5901042-s-1255718160.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5901042.The_Reader 3.64 186 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

]]> 1995 4 2 false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Feb 28 14:49:06 -0800 2009 Sat Apr 04 17:11:42 -0700 2009 God this would make a great film! And Kate Winslet would be great as Hanna! I like to think that if the movie hadn't already be...more...]]> 44807031 1094613 5194 0375707972 9780375707971 124 <![CDATA[The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206m/5194.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165518206s/5194.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5194.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999: Originally published in Switzerland, and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 1 2 false Wed Jun 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 29 18:08:30 -0800 2009 Thu Jun 25 04:10:45 -0700 2009 more...]]> 33262872 933512 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 1 4 false Sun Mar 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Sep 19 09:54:23 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 29 15:58:18 -0700 2009
15 year-old Michael Berg becomes ill on his way home from school one day and is rescued by Hanna Schmitz, a streetcar conductor more than t...more...]]> 23090449 421951 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 4 2 false Tue May 27 19:28:47 -0700 2008 Wed May 28 12:45:21 -0700 2008 more...]]> 53959195 1031706 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 3 2 false Sat Apr 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 16:57:04 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 25 17:09:01 -0700 2009 more...]]> 30676570 1292150 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 2 2 true Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Aug 20 10:55:31 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 20 11:16:00 -0700 2008 In The Reader, the reader (that would be you, if you read it), particularly if yo...more...]]> 44770676 1652632 2909769 0307454894 9780307454898 276 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-m-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/books/29/769/2909769-s-1255718165.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2909769.The_Reader 3.54 18797 The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading, and shame in postwar Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her, and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past, and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: What should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable.... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?"

The Reader, which won the Boston Book Review's Fisk Fiction Prize, wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people--parents, grandparents, even lovers--who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue, and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre- and postwar generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence. --R. Ellis

]]> 1995 4 2 false Wed Jan 28 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 29 12:09:30 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 30 11:19:22 -0800 2009 more...]]> 50123333 1890955 101299 0375408266 9780375408267 2222 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/101299.The_Reader 3.54 18797 Oprah Book Club® Selection, February 1999:

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.]]> 1995 2 2 true Mon Mar 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 22 19:18:40 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 07:31:10 -0700 2009 The Reader even though I understand Schlink's attempt at poetic justice.

I found myself understanding Hanna's attraction of the weaker child, Mic...more...]]> 57819509 350218 6341708 7 <![CDATA[The Reader]]> http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6341708-the-reader 3.77 22
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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