The Reader (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780375707971)

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.

Author: Bernhard Schlink
ISBN-10: 0375707972
ISBN-13: 9780375707971
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 03/07/1999
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 6.7
Point Value: 7
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28486 / Reader

Award: International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award - Nominee
Award: Boston Book Review - Winner

Review Citation(s):
Newsweek 12/08/2008 pg. 58