The Reader

Author:: Bernhard Schlink
Format:: Audio CD

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Short description

Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the listener, this mesmerizing audiobook--and soon-to-be motion picture--is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.

Long description

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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Product details

Translator:: Carol Janeway
Narrator:: Campbell Scott
Publisher:: Random House Audio
ISBN:: 9780739375952
Publication date:: November 2008
Length:: 151mm
Width:: 127mm
Thickness:: 29mm
Weight:: 150g

Review

A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel. --Los Angeles Times
Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful. . . . [The Reader] leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart. --The New York Times Book Review
Arresting, philosophically elegant, morally complex. . . . Mr. Schlink tells his story with marvelous directness and simplicity. --The New York Times
Haunting. . . . What Schlink does best, what makes this novel most memorable, are the small moments of highly charged eroticism. --Francine Prose, Elle

From the Trade Paperback edition.