Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Schlink, Bernhard |
| Publisher: | Vintage |
| Date: | 3/7/1999 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
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 homefrom school, fifteen-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice hisage. In time she becomes his lover—then she inexplicably disappears. When Michaelnext sees her, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes thatHanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
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