by Bernhard Schlink · Diogenes · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783257229530
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«Der Vorleser» is the novel by German writer Bernhard Schlink, published by Diogenes in paperback (206 pages, in German).
Michael Berg, fifteen, meets Hanna, a woman of thirty-five; between them a clandestine relationship is born, marked by desire and by Hanna's refusal to talk about her past. Years later, now a law student, Michael sees Hanna again in a courtroom, accused of a crime related to Nazism.
Novel originally published in 1995; this Diogenes edition belongs to the Diogenes Taschenbuch collection (no. 22953).
Frequent reading in schools and universities, for those interested in contemporary German literature and the memory of the Holocaust.
Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize.
