{"product_id":"the-reader","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller.\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 realize 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'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction.  A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience'  INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 240 pages | Published January 1970\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Weidenfeld \u0026 Nicolson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63172643815773,"sku":"9780753804704","price":13.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9780753804704.jpg?v=1769062105","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/the-reader","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}