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The Reader

A Novel

by Bernhard Schlink · 1997 · 224 pages

Oprah Winfrey
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Recommended by 1 Elite

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About This Book

In post-World War II Germany, a teenage boy begins an affair with an older woman who later disappears. Years later, as a law student, he discovers her on trial for Nazi war crimes, forcing him to confront the moral legacy of the Holocaust and the nature of individual guilt.

Book Details

Published

1997

Pages

224

Language

de

ISBN

9780375707971

Awards & Recognition

Hans Fallada Prize (1998)Welt-Literaturpreis (1999)Grinzane Cavour Prize (1997)Prix Laure Bataillon (1997)Oprah's Book Club Selection (1999)

Audiobook Available

4h 16m
Narrated by Campbell Scott

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