num_pages: 192
description: 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. This edition makes the German text accessible to students, providing the full German text, with a substantial Introduction, Commentary, Vocabulary and Bibliography in English. Bernhard Schlink's novel "Der Vorleser" ("The Reader") has sold over 500,000 copies in Germany, 750,000 in the USA, 200,000 in Britain, and 100,000 in France. It has been translated into 25 languages.
language: German
title: Der Vorleser
titlecomplete: Der Vorleser
characters: Michael Berg, Hanna Schmitz
genres: Classics, Historical, World War II, Holocaust, German Literature, Germany, War, Romance, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 204178
places: Germany
awards: awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Exclusive Books Boeke Prize, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Prix des libraires du Québec
category: Lauréats hors Québec, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Prix Laure Bataillon, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: Premio Grinzane Cavour
category: Narrativa Straniera, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Ελληνο-γερμανικό Βραβείο Μετάφρασης
category: Ιάκωβος Κοπερτί, awardedAt: 915177600000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Duckworth Publishers