num_pages: 218
description: <p>set In Postwar Germany, <i>the Reader</i> Is A Provocative, Morally Challenging, And Deeply Moving Novel About A Young Boy's Erotic Awakening In A Clandestine Love Affair With A Mysterious Older Woman. Falling Ill On His Way Home From School, 15-year-old Michael Berg Is Rescued By Hanna, A Woman Twice His Age. For A Time, The Two Become Passionate Lovers. Then, One Day, Hanna Disappears Without A Word. Years Later, As A Law Student Observing A Trial In Germany, Michael Recognizes His Former Lover On The Stand, Accused Of A Hideous Crime. And As He Watches Hanna Refuse To Defend Herself Against The Charges, Michael Gradually Realizes That She May Be Guarding A Secret More Shameful Than Murder.</p><h3>los Angeles Times</h3><p>a Formally Beautiful, Disturbing And Finally Morally Devastating Novel. From The First Page, [<i>the Reader</i>] Enshares Both Heart And Mind.</p>
language: en
title: Catalogues: Winchester Repeating Arms Co. Volume One 1865-1881
publisher: Vintage Books; Vintage International Ser.