Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the listener, 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, 15-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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This classic audiobook provides a literary exploration of complex historical and moral themes in postwar Germany.
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This novel allows for the study of complex moral questions regarding guilt, love, and historical responsibility in post-war Germany.
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER * 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. “A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel.” –Los Angeles Times 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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- Author: Bernhard Schlink.
- Publisher: Vintage
- Pages: 218
- Publication Date: 1997
- Edition: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- MSRP: 16
- ISBN13: 9780375707971
- ISBN: 0375707972
- Other ISBN: 9780375726972
- Other ISBN Binding: printisbn
- Language: en
- Store Location: General Fiction
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| Weight | 1.05 lbs |
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| Dimensions | 13.1 × 1.5 × 20.3 in |
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This novel serves as a literary tool for examining themes of guilt, justice, and historical conscience in post-war Germany.
‘A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience’ [Independent on Saturday] For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does – Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret.
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| Dimensions | 19.4 × 1.8 × 12.9 in |
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