Genocide as the result of a lack of education? Schlink's protagonist, an older Michael Berg, ponders this guiltily.Ĭultural pornography? Bernhard Schlink is a lawyer his books often address the subjects of guilt and atonement Image: imago/Sven Simonīernhard Schlink's The Reader became an international best-seller, and has been translated into 40 languages. She learns to read and write and begins to process her guilt. It is only now that Hanna finally overcomes her shame.
After she has been in prison for a while, he begins reading to Hanna again - world literature from Schnitzler to Chekhov, this time recording it on cassettes, which he sends to her in prison. Michael, who does not miss one day of the trial, recognizes her weakness yet stays silent anyway. "Why? Why does what was beautiful suddenly shatter in hindsight because it concealed dark truths?" Kate Winslet mesmerized viewers as Hanna in the film based on the novel for the role, she received an Oscar for best actress in 2009 Image: picture-alliance/dpa/Senator Film She accepts the maximum penalty only so that she will not have to admit to her big secret - out of shame, out of fear of exposure. That is why she likes to have someone read to her. His former lover as a cold-blooded Nazi murderer? She has been accused of the mass murder of hundreds of Jewish women. Years later, Michael runs into her by chance in a courtroom. What begins as a tender love story ends abruptly when Hanna disappears. To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video
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