{"product_id":"the-reader-2","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 30th anniversary edition of the classic international bestseller, with a new afterword from Bernhard Schlink.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realise that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMuch about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret. The Reader is an international bestseller and a true modern classic, the essential Holocaust novel, examining the gap between Germany's pre- and post-war generations, between the guilty and the innocent, and between words and silence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003cbr\u003ePublished: 2025\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Orion Publishing Co\u003cbr\u003ePages: 240\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003eISBN 10: 139960323X\u003cbr\u003eISBN 13: 9781399603232\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bernhard Schlink","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52968587428106,"sku":null,"price":14.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0282\/6066\/3399\/files\/Screenshot2026-05-02at15.10.45.png?v=1777727461","url":"https:\/\/www.shakespeareandsons.com\/products\/the-reader-2","provider":"Shakespeare \u0026 Sons Buchhandel GmbH","version":"1.0","type":"link"}