The Reader

«The Reader» by Bernhard Schlink — an international bestseller. The book has been translated into dozens of languages, has gathered a bouquet of prestigious awards in Europe and America, and has been successfully adapted into a film.

A young lawyer at the trial against Nazi criminals saw his first love among the defendants. Their bright romance, which flared up suddenly eight years before the trial, just as suddenly came to an end when she disappeared from the city without explanation. But life brought them together again, this time in much more complicated circumstances.

The unabridged text of the novel is accompanied by comments and a dictionary.