Schlink Bernhard   1944-  <br/><br/>
The reader /  
Bernhard Schlink  
 - New York :   Vintage Books ,   1998  
 - 218 pages :   21 cm  
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<br/><br/> Classic Literature. Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML: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.<br/>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 murd.<br/> 
<br/><br/> 710<br/>  Lexile estimate<br/>  M<br/>  Raz-Lexile<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PT2680.L54  
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>833.914