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| Author / Creator: | Schlink, Bernhard. |
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| Uniform title: | Vorleser. English |
| Imprint: | New York : Vintage Books, 2008, c1998. |
| Description: | 218 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7412461 |
| Summary: | 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 murder. |
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| Physical Description: | 218 p. ; 20 cm. |
| ISBN: | 9780307454898 0307454894 |