This edition makes the german text accessible to students, providing the full german text, with a substantial introduction, commentary, vocabulary and bibliography in english. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over. The summary by chapter is always a great way of getting in touch with the whole novel the reader or just for repeating the content without reading the book a second time. Originally published in switzerland, and gracefully translated into english by carol brown janeway, the reader is a brief. Here you will find a meaningful summary of each specific chapter of the novel, the reader, by bernhard schlink, which describes the main content of each chapter. The reader, vintage international penguin random house german title. Hannah steht vor gericht, weil sie aufseherin in einem au. In the first part of the book, the reader, written by bernhard schlink and first published in 1995, the dominance of hanna, a 36 year old woman, over michael, a 15 year old boy, is often clear. Michael must read it in english since its german translation has not yet been published. New york bernhard schlink t r a n s l a t e d f r o m t h e g e r m a n. I didnt struggle at all with getting into this novel and i could barely put it down once beginning it. The reader was the fourth novel by bernhard schlink, a 57yearold.
The theme of the book is the holocaust and questions of guilt, as it tells the tale of michael berg and his affair with hanna schmitz, who turns out to have been a guard at auschwitz and who later hangs herself. She takes takes possession of him and he puts up with it. Hannas dominance over michael the reader by bernhard. For years, the theme has been dying a slow death, resurfacing in comingofage movies like wake up sid, dil chahta hai and now dear zindagi. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. Its funny how all the books you read link up inside you and start talking to each other. Links to this dictionary or to single translations are very welcome. The story is told in three parts by the main character, michael berg. Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. The reader drama, romance, 124 minutes directed by stephen daldry starring kate winslet, david kross, ralph fiennes and bru. In fact, schlinks novel received a powerful boost in 1999 from its selection by oprahs book club.
Hannas dominance over michael the reader by bernhard schlink. It was an unfamiliar and laborious exercise at the time. The reader by bernhard schlink is a novel that leaves an impression. English german online dictionary developed to help you share your knowledge with others.
Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. The reader by bernhard schlink is a novel that leaves an. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust.
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