Friday, January 30, 2009


Book #9 The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. Well, let me quote the back of the book, " When he falls ill on his way home from school, fifteen-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." That is a really good description of the beginning. The book is also about Hanna being on trial for horrible crimes as a guard in a Nazi concentration camp. One is faced with many questions as to what would have been done in a similar situation. I think the rest of the story should be saved.
The movie is coming to our theater this week and I hope to see it. I'll be interested to see how the movie reveals Hanna's secret.

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