The Reader

by Bernhard Schlink | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0753804700 Global Overview for this book
Registered by TheGreenMan of York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on 6/10/2007
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3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by TheGreenMan from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Sunday, June 10, 2007
Left *unregistered* at the BC Meetup in York, back in April. So I am doing the honours now...

"Berhard Schlink's extraordinary novel 'The Reader' is a compelling meditation on the connections between Germany's past and its present, dramatised with extreme emotional intelligence as the story of a relationship between the narrator and an older woman. It has won deserved praise across Europe for the tact and power with which it handles its material, both erotic and philosophical" - Independent on Saturday magazine

I've no idea what this book is like - though it sounds a little too heavy for me in my current frame of mind.

I'm planning to release this at the next BC Meetup in Leeds - and will be interested to find out what people make of it...


Journal Entry 2 by TheGreenMan from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 13, 2007
Not picked up at last night's BC Meetup in Leeds - so I'm planning to re-release it at the York BC Meetup, to see if anyone there's interested a second time around...

Released 16 yrs ago (6/26/2007 UTC) at The Yorkshire Hussar OBCZ Bookshelf in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom

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(re)releasing, as promised...

Journal Entry 4 by Mai-day from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Picked up at York BXers Meetup.

Journal Entry 5 by Mai-day from Leeds, West Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
I didn't really know what this was about before I started reading it - hadn't ever read the blurb - which was probably good. I may not have picked it up if I had. It was a good read though. Thought provoking and poignant in parts, whilst in other parts quite difficult to read.

Journal Entry 6 by Mai-day at The Golden Lion in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Released 15 yrs ago (5/27/2008 UTC) at The Golden Lion in York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom

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Journal Entry 7 by Philly-Evs from York, North Yorkshire United Kingdom on Thursday, May 29, 2008
Picked up at York BXers Meetup (my first one!). Found the narrative style initially quite dry and neutral but it picks up towards the end, becoming quite hard-hitting and genuinely moving. Have sent it to my mother with instructions to read and release, which hopefully she'll do!

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