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|title=The Reader
|sort= Reader
|reviewer=Will Putnam
|genre=Historical Fiction
|summary=A wonderfully written love story about a boy friendship that lasts generations. Hard-hitting, insightful and an older woman with a dangerous past. Highly recommendedfull of twists.
|rating=4.5
|buy=Yes
|borrow=Yes
|pages=224
|publisher=Phoenix
|date=June 1998
|isbn=978-0753804704
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It's West Germany, 1958. A 15-year-old schoolboy, Michael Berg, is suffering a long bout of hepatitis. When he recovers he returns to the flat of a tram conductor, 36-year-old Hanna Schmitz, to thank her for taking care of him the day he fell sick. The two of them begin a secret affair that becomes a routine for months: after school and work, Michael would read to her, and then they would make love and bathe each other. Both of them fall in love.
The Reader as a whole is a bit depressing, so if you are looking for something to lift your spirits, this is not the right book for you. But I have always loved learning about history through the eyes of someone's personal perspective – it makes it much less about facts and figures, and much more interesting. If you are like me and prefer it that way, this novel will be right up your street.
Reading Suggestions: [[Fatherland by Robert Harris]]; [[Auslander by Paul Dowswell]]; [[The Cabinet of Curiosities by Paul Dowswell]]; [[The Master Plan: Himmler's Scholars and the Holocaust by Heather Pringle]]; [[Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt [[Category:Bernhard Schlink]][[Category:Carol Brown Janeway]]Vonnegut]]; [[The Spy Game by Georgina Harding]]; [[Afghan Silk by Julia Scott]]; [[Whitethorn by Bryce Courtenay]]; [[Day by A L Kennedy]]
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