The Reader (Oprah's Book Club)
Registered by nuyear1975 on 4/21/2009
4 journalers for this copy...
purchased this book to put in my wishlist bookbox
Journal Entry 2 by nuyear1975 at -- Mail or by hand-ring, RABCK, meetings, Wisconsin USA on Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (4/21/2009 UTC) at -- Mail or by hand-ring, RABCK, meetings, Wisconsin USA
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This book is travelling in my wishlist bookbox....it is a book that one participant wished for!
This book is travelling in my wishlist bookbox....it is a book that one participant wished for!
for itpdx -- and another book on my Mt. TBR...I had hopes of getting it read when BC had their little contest surrounding it, but that didn't happen. my copy
Taken from nuyear1975's wishlist box. Thank you. Looking forward to reading it.
I like it! And I will be mulling it over for awhile.
How have (or should) the Germans born after WWII view their parents and their parents' generation? Shame? Condemnation? Guilt? Reparations? Silence?
How have (or should) the Germans born after WWII view their parents and their parents' generation? Shame? Condemnation? Guilt? Reparations? Silence?
Released 14 yrs ago (9/15/2009 UTC) at RABCK, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
CONTROLLED RELEASE NOTES:
This is going as a RABCK to cyber-librarian
This is going as a RABCK to cyber-librarian
I picked up this book at the post office on 9/22 from itpdx in OR ... as a RABCK. Thank you for your generosity.
c. 1995 -- 218 pages -- Trade Paperback -- Oprah Book Club -- 7 weeks on the USA Today top-10 Bestseller list:
#2 on 3/7/99, 3/14, 3/21 and 4/4
#3 on 3/28/99
#6 on 4/11/99
#8 on 4/18/99
Back Cover: Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.
When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover. She enthralls him with her passion, but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears.
When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student and Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime. But as he watches her refuse to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes that his former lover may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
c. 1995 -- 218 pages -- Trade Paperback -- Oprah Book Club -- 7 weeks on the USA Today top-10 Bestseller list:
#2 on 3/7/99, 3/14, 3/21 and 4/4
#3 on 3/28/99
#6 on 4/11/99
#8 on 4/18/99
Back Cover: Hailed for its coiled eroticism and the moral claims it makes upon the reader, this mesmerizing novel is a story of love and secrets, horror and compassion, unfolding against the haunted landscape of postwar Germany.
When he falls ill on his way home from school, 15-year-old Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover. She enthralls him with her passion, but puzzles him with her odd silences. Then she inexplicably disappears.
When Michael next sees her, he is a young law student and Hanna is on trial for a hideous crime. But as he watches her refuse to defend herself, Michael gradually realizes that his former lover may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
