01532nam a22002057a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005804000070007604100080008308200220009110000210011324500110013426000200014530000270016536500280019252010310022065000300125165000180128170000270129920260129095919.0230623b           ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780753823293  cAL  aeng  223a833.914bSCHR  aBernhard Schlink  aReader  aLondonbPhoenix  avi,216p.bPBc19x13cm.  2Englishb7.99c£d7.99  aAn exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller.For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret.'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT  aGerman Fiction in English  aEnglish Novel  aJaneway Carol Brown Tr