Description
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER - 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.
"A formally beautiful, disturbing and finally morally devastating novel." --Los Angeles Times 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.Author: Bernhard Schlink
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 03/07/1999
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780375707971
ISBN10: 0375707972
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Literary
- Fiction | Classics
- Fiction | Historical | General
About the Author
BERNHARD SCHLINK was born in Germany in 1944. A professor of law at the University of Berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prize-winning crime novels. He lives in Bonn and Berlin.