He does these things with honesty, restraint and a moral precision both unsettling and rare. He examines the nature if understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness. a moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful work ― New York Times The Reader by Bernhard Schlink is the German novel I have been waiting for: it objectifies the Holocaust and legitimately makes all mankind responsible - Sir Peter Hall ― Observer For generations to come, people will be reading and marvelling over Bernhard Schlink's The Reader ― Evening Standard Haunting and unforgettable ― Literary Review Schlink's novel has a wondeful clarity of style that serves to emphasise the moral complexity of its subject matter ― DAILY TELEGRAPH explores the conflict between generations, wrestling with collective guilt and individual motivation. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical ― Independent Leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart. Deeply moving, sensitive enough to make me wince, a Holocaust novel, but light years away from the common run - Ruth Rendell ― Sunday Telegraph Schlink's extraordinary novel The Reader is a compelling meditation on the connections between Germany's past and its present, dramatised with extreme emotional intelligence as the story of a relationship between the narrator and an older woman.

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