The Reader

Bernard Schlink


A holocaust novel about a boy, mid-teens, who starts an affair with an older, illiterate woman who was involved with the transporting of Polish Jews.

The second part of book, after their affair has ended, is about the court case which take place after she is arrested. The boy attends the trial and tries to befriend her again by visiting her in prison and reading to her. She is on trial on the basis of having written a report - a quandary for the boy who knows she can't write. A very gloomy book, Andrew did not enjoy it.
Andrew 23/7/00


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