TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schlink Bernhard 
AU  - Bernhard Schlink 
TI  - The reader / 
AV  - PT2680.L54  
U1  - 833.914  
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Vintage Books , 
N1  - M
; 710
; Lexile estimate
; M
; Raz-Lexile

N2  - 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.
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

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