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This time I would like to recommend you a wonderful and very successful book: The Reader by Bernhard Schlink. It has recently been turned into a movie, directed by Stephen Daldry (his previous masterpieces are The Hours and Billy Elliot), and it helped Kate Winslet to winning her first Academy Award after five nominations.
So, what do we know about the book? Well, it is basicaly about the relationship of a man and a woman and it is changing throuout their livetimes.
When he gets sick on his way home from school, teenager Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover--then, all of a sudden, she disappears. When Michael sees her again, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
The book is quite short - but very powerful - so you can even read it during an afternoon. However, if you don't have time for the novel, the movie is highly recommended, too.
I do believe that it was on of the best films of 2008 which is definitely worth watching!
So, what do we know about the book? Well, it is basicaly about the relationship of a man and a woman and it is changing throuout their livetimes.
When he gets sick on his way home from school, teenager Michael Berg is rescued by Hanna, a woman twice his age. In time she becomes his lover--then, all of a sudden, she disappears. When Michael sees her again, he is a young law student, and she is on trial for a hideous crime. As he watches her refuse to defend her innocence, Michael gradually realizes that Hanna may be guarding a secret she considers more shameful than murder.
The book is quite short - but very powerful - so you can even read it during an afternoon. However, if you don't have time for the novel, the movie is highly recommended, too.
I do believe that it was on of the best films of 2008 which is definitely worth watching!
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