The story is told in three parts by the main character, michael berg. The reader study guide from litcharts the creators of. Engage your students during remote learning with video readalouds. A professor of law at the university of berlin and a practicing judge, he is also the author of several prizewinning crime novels. A concise biography of bernhard schlink plus historical and literary context for the reader. You can easily use it to get in touch with the book, repeat different things during reading, or prepare for an exam. The page should give you an overview of the whole plot and the story, the reader, with hanna and michael berg. Ruth franklin writes that it was aimed specifically at the generation bertolt brecht called the nachgeborenen, those. Vintage international vintage books a division of random house, inc. In 1958, michael berg is a middleclass, 15yearold living in west germany. This edition makes the german text accessible to students, providing the full german text, with a substantial introduction, commentary, vocabulary and bibliography in. In part 1, a 15yearold michael is on his way home when he becomes violently ill by the side of a building.
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