The Reader By Bernhard Schlink
On my last-minute whim, I grabbed, a story of an erotic love affair between a 15-year-old German boy, Michael Berg, and 35-year-old, Hanna Schmitz ! Suffering from hepatitis and Hanna nurturing him, In due course both develop passionate feelings for each other. They keep their relationship under wraps. <b>The key point</b> – he would read out to her, and not vice-versa (avoiding spoilers, on why?) Eventually, as Michael matures, the relationship starts dwindling, <b>Hanna disappears into thin air!</b> Destiny bestows a second encounter between the two, but in vexatious circumstances. He is a law student, and Hanna is on a trial as an SS concentration camp guard, with numerous deaths charged against her during the bombing! What follows is all circled around discovering whether Hanna is guilty and be incarcerated, or is innocent (avoiding spoilers)? <b>The biggest remnant-</b> He couldn’t love anyone other than Hanna! <u...