{"product_id":"the-reader-2","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe 30th anniversary edition of the classic international bestseller, with a new afterword from Bernhard Schlink\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A masterly work. Read this and read it again' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of German conscience' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Examines the nature of understanding and tests the limits of forgiveness' - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e The Reader \u003c\/i\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'For generations to come people will be marvelling over The Reader' - \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvening Standard\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published November 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833262719325,"sku":"9781399603232","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781399603232.jpg?v=1773405723","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-reader-2","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}