01619nam a22002297a 4500 20260129095919.0 230623b ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780753823293 AL eng 23 833.914 SCHR Bernhard Schlink 253054 Reader London Phoenix vi,216p. PB 19x13cm. English 7.99 £ 7.99 An 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 German Fiction in English 124673 English Novel 124674 Janeway Carol Brown Tr 124676 ddc DB 227628 227628 0 0 ddc 0 0 ENG AL AL 2023-06-17 0 833.914 SCHR D05883 2023-06-23 00:00:00 2023-06-23 DB