{"product_id":"bxos66-the-reader-9781399603232","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\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\u003e'A masterly work. Read this and read it again' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eObserver\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of German conscience' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eIndependent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Examines the nature of understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eTimes\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. For Hanna is not all she seems.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYears 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. Much 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Reader \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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'For generations to come people will be marvelling over The Reader' - \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Orion Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67679944442098,"sku":"9781399603232","price":27.9,"currency_code":"MYR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/0883\/2974\/files\/9781399603232_a.png?v=1791952539","url":"https:\/\/www.bookxcess.com\/products\/bxos66-the-reader-9781399603232","provider":"BookXcess","version":"1.0","type":"link"}