Fascinating book about moral dilemma. Would you keep a fact about you a secret? A fact that you consider more shameful than murder? Although your revelation of that secret would absolve you of those murders! Hanna Shultz an ex-Nazi does that and her lover Michael Berg, who is half her age spends a lifetime figuring out why.
Micheal falls in love with Hanna while he is at school and finds her reciprocating his feelings, albeit with a stipulation that he has to read to her everyday. He also finds himself on the jury years later that convicts Hanna of murder or rather murders. This is Micheal's story of understanding his lover and his tragic realization that Hanna's defense and proof of innocence was him reading all those books to her.
So, why dint Hanna defend herself. You need to read the book to know:)
Book has a very nice narrative, with a dreary picture of post war Germany as the canvas. Good read overall and highly recommended.
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