by Bernhard Schlink · Gallimard · tapa blanda · ISBN 9782070404582
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«Le Liseur» is the novel by Bernhard Schlink, published by Gallimard in paperback (242 pages, in French).
Michael, a teenager, falls in love with Hanna, a woman twenty years his senior, with whom he shares readings aloud. When she disappears, years later he recognises her among the accused at a war crimes trial. The reunion confronts him with a secret that will mark his life and with questions about guilt and the memory of the Holocaust.
Work originally published in German as «Der Vorleser» (1995); this French edition includes a translation by Bernard Lortholary.
Aimed at readers of contemporary German literature and at those seeking a novel that reflects on guilt and the legacy of Nazism.
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.
