One of the buildings tenants, 36yearold hanna schmitz rescues him, cleaning him up and bringing him back home. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. In part 1, a 15yearold michael is on his way home when he becomes violently ill by the side of a building. Here you will find a meaningful summary of each specific chapter of the novel, the reader, by bernhard schlink, which describes the main content of each chapter. Each part takes place in a different time period in the past. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. The reader by bernhard schlink plot summary litcharts. Hannas dominance over michael the reader by bernhard schlink. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Es ist ein sehr interessantes buch mit einer sehr interessanten geschichte. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. In the first part of the book, the reader, written by bernhard schlink and first published in 1995, the dominance of hanna, a 36 year old woman, over michael, a 15 year old boy, is often clear. The story is told in three parts by the main character, michael berg.
Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. New york bernhard schlink t r a n s l a t e d f r o m t h e g e r m a n. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Hannas dominance over michael in the first part of the book, the reader, written by bernhard schlink and first published in 1995, the dominance of hanna, a 36 year old woman, over michael, a 15 year old boy, is often clear. The page numbers refer to the copy of the book which i have so may not be write for. This edition makes the german text accessible to students, providing the full german text, with a substantial introduction, commentary, vocabulary and bibliography in english. Originally published in switzerland, and gracefully translated into english by carol brown janeway, the reader is a brief. Hannas dominance over michael the reader by bernhard. The summary by chapter is always a great way of getting in touch with the whole novel the reader or just for repeating the content without reading the book a second time. The theme of the book is the holocaust and questions of guilt, as it tells the tale of michael berg and his affair with hanna schmitz, who turns out to have been a guard at auschwitz and who later hangs herself. Stay connected to your students with prezi video, now in microsoft teams. One of the buildings tenants, 36yearold hanna schmitz rescues him, cleaning him up and bringing him back home, where his doctor diagnoses him with hepatitis.
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