4 Ergebnisse.

For use in schools and libraries only. At age fifteen, Michael Berg falls in love with a woman who disappears. While observing a trial as a law student years later, he is shocked to discover the same woman as the defendant in a horrible crime.

Morally sophisticated novel, exploring themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. "(An) unforgettable story of a young German trying to make sense of the Nazi past. "The Reader"... is about love and memory and the tension between the needs to condemn and to understand" "Daily Telegraph". It was published to critical acclaim in Germany.

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 ...

Seven masterfully controlled, emotionally veracious stories about the emergence of truth, love, and lies.