For fifteen-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 another deep secret.

 

Details

ISBN: 9781474603430
Audience: General
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2 Nov 2017
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication City, Country: London, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 13.9(H) x 22.6(L) x 1.8(W)
Weight (gm): 228

 

Reviews

'For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's THE READER' - EVENING STANDARD

A sensitive, daring, deeply moving book about the tragic results of fear and the redemptive power of understanding

Readers of the book - thousands, one hopes - will understand the nature of atonement when they have finished reading it - DAILY TELEGRAPH

Haunting and unforgettable - LITERARY REVIEW

 

Author Biography

BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944.

A professor emeritus of law at Humboldt University, Berlin, and Cardozo Law School, New York, he is the author of the internationally bestselling novels THE READER, which became an Oscar-winning film starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes, and THE WOMAN ON THE STAIRS.

His latest novel, OLGA, was a #1 international bestseller.

He lives in Berlin and New York.