Instant downloads of all 1296 litchart pdfs including the reader. After many revisions we can say that this plot summary of the reader tells you all the essential and important points of the entire story in under words. Detailed explanations, analysis, and citation info for every important quote on litcharts. Nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end, law student michael. The story is told in three parts by the main character, michael berg. Hanna schmitz, 35 years old, lives in a flat near the pavement. Former judge bernhard schlink began his writing career with the detective selb novels. Bernhard schlink born 6 july 1944 is a german lawyer, academic, and novellist. Michael finds this new building lacking compared to the old one. Klemme, wahl zwischen zwei gleich unangenehmen dingen, zwangslage. Schlink per lesame di letteratura tedesca del corso tenuto dalla.
This activity was created by a quia web subscriber. The story is a parable, dealing with the difficulties postwar german generations have had comprehending the holocaust. Learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools. Join our community just now to flow with the file bernhard.
Apr 12, 2015 this website and its content is subject to our terms and conditions. A former prosecutor under the nazis, selb is tortured by his shadowy past, and yet in order to reveal the truth he must confront the ghosts of his past. When michael discovers that hanna is illiterate, he decides to go to the supreme judge and tell him. Well, it is always hard to present a good plot summary of an entire book. Michael berg, a 14yearold boy, is on his way home from school when he suddenly vomits on the pavement. 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. Hanna gets a life sentence and michael becomes a law clerk and marries a woman named gertrude.
Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. The narrator, an older michael, reflects on the bahnhofstrasse building, noting that it is eventually torn down and replaced by a crowded fivestory apartment building with everchanging tenants. Bernhard schlink begins his novel, the reader, with a scene of the main character. Readytouse research tasks, worksheets, background information and practice exam questions ensure comprehensive understanding of bernhard schlinks triumphant postwar parable about the struggle to come to terms with the past. He manages to talk to the supreme judge, but not about hannas illiteracy. In 1958, michael berg is a middleclass, 15yearold living in west germany. Vorleser and make our shared file collection even more complete and exciting. He is best known for his novel the reader which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. Kritik bekommen, aber mehr davon im nachsten kapitel. 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. She takes care of michael and brings him home to his family. Click and collect from your local waterstones or get free uk delivery on orders over.