For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems. Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret. 'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT SATURDAY MAGAZINE
| ISBN | 0753804700 | | DEWEY edition | DC21 | | ISBN13 | 9780753804704
(What's this?) | | Pages | 240 | | Publisher | Orion Publishing Co | | Weight (grammes) | 230 | | Imprint | Phoenix (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd ) | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9781842127377 | | Publication date | 28 Feb 1998 | | Height (mm) | 197 | | Reissue date | 15 Nov 2004 | | Width (mm) | 128 | | Translator | Carol Brown Janeway | | Spine width (mm) | 17 | | DEWEY | 833.914 | | Academic level | General |
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A stunning examination of evil, this novel explores crime and punishment, love and guilt, dignity and degradation. GOOD BOOK GUIDE
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