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The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway
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The Reader
The Reader

Postwar Germany: love, guilt, and atonement entwined.

"The Reader" resonates deeply with anyone interested in the complexities of human emotions against the backdrop of history. It's more than a tale of love; it's a profound reflection on intergenerational legacy and the weight of collective guilt. Bernhard Schlink offers a narrative that is both intimate and monumental, exploring how history's darkest times infiltrate personal lives and relationships. If you're drawn to stories that grapple with moral ambiguity and the power of redemption, this is a book that will linger with you.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1997)
  • Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1999)
  • Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1997)
  • Prix Laure Bataillon (1997)
  • Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1997)
  • Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης for Ιάκωβος Κοπερτί (2000)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1999)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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ISBN: 9780753823293
Authors: Bernhard Schlink, Carol Brown Janeway
Publisher: Phoenix
Date of Publication: 2008-09-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction, Romance
Related Topics: Literature, Philosophy, Classics, Historical Romance, War, World War II
Goodreads rating: 3.79
(rated by 229691 readers)

Description

Originally published in Germany and gracefully translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway, The Reader is a brief tale about sex, love, reading and shame in post-war Germany. Michael Berg is 15 when he begins a long, obsessive affair with Hanna, an enigmatic older woman. He never learns very much about her and when she disappears one day, he expects never to see her again. But, to his horror, he does. Hanna is a defendant in a trial related to Germany's Nazi past and it soon becomes clear that she is guilty of an unspeakable crime. As Michael follows the trial, he struggles with an overwhelming question: what should his generation do with its knowledge of the Holocaust? "We should not believe we can comprehend the incomprehensible, we may not compare the incomparable... Should we only fall silent in revulsion, shame, and guilt? To what purpose?" The Reader has been widely acclaimed and wrestles with many more demons in its few, remarkably lucid pages. What does it mean to love those people—parents, grandparents, even lovers—who committed the worst atrocities the world has ever known? And is any atonement possible through literature? Schlink's prose is clean and pared down, stripped of unnecessary imagery, dialogue and excess in any form. What remains is an austerely beautiful narrative of the attempt to breach the gap between Germany's pre and post-war generations, between the guilty and the innocent and between words and silence. --R Ellis, Amazon.com
 

Postwar Germany: love, guilt, and atonement entwined.

"The Reader" resonates deeply with anyone interested in the complexities of human emotions against the backdrop of history. It's more than a tale of love; it's a profound reflection on intergenerational legacy and the weight of collective guilt. Bernhard Schlink offers a narrative that is both intimate and monumental, exploring how history's darkest times infiltrate personal lives and relationships. If you're drawn to stories that grapple with moral ambiguity and the power of redemption, this is a book that will linger with you.

  • Los Angeles Times Book Prize Nominee for Fiction (1997)
  • Exclusive Books Boeke Prize (1999)
  • Prix des libraires du Québec for Lauréats hors Québec (1997)
  • Prix Laure Bataillon (1997)
  • Premio Grinzane Cavour Nominee for Narrativa Straniera (1997)
  • Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης for Ιάκωβος Κοπερτί (2000)
  • Dublin Literary Award Nominee for Shortlist (1999)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.