The Reader: A novel
Registered by crazy-book-lady of Toronto, Ontario Canada on 1/7/2009
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
1 journaler for this copy...
2nd copy for release.
This book has been on my real tbr shelf for a few years, so I thought with the impending movie, now was the time to finally read it.
I found it to be a quick read, though there seemed to be the occasional awkward sentence. The moral dilemas are interesting. I don't think I have read anything from the point of view of someone from the the generation whose parents were responsible for (or for ignoring) the atrocities of the holocaust. Until now, I was also not aware that immediately after the war, accounts of the camps were published, but then were not reissued until the 1980s, and how much movies like Sophie's Choice and Schindler's List are responsible for the resurgence of interest and our current "collective imagination" of the camps. So I learned something too.
This book has been on my real tbr shelf for a few years, so I thought with the impending movie, now was the time to finally read it.
I found it to be a quick read, though there seemed to be the occasional awkward sentence. The moral dilemas are interesting. I don't think I have read anything from the point of view of someone from the the generation whose parents were responsible for (or for ignoring) the atrocities of the holocaust. Until now, I was also not aware that immediately after the war, accounts of the camps were published, but then were not reissued until the 1980s, and how much movies like Sophie's Choice and Schindler's List are responsible for the resurgence of interest and our current "collective imagination" of the camps. So I learned something too.
Journal Entry 2 by crazy-book-lady at Cumberland Theatre - Cumberland and Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario Canada on Thursday, January 8, 2009
Released 15 yrs ago (1/8/2009 UTC) at Cumberland Theatre - Cumberland and Avenue Road in Toronto, Ontario Canada
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
WILD RELEASE NOTES:
On a chair outside Cinema 1.
This book is a part of the BookCrossing "The Reader" Challenge: to find and release books that somehow relate to the award winning book “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink. The movie based on the book opens January, 2009 (in the U.S.). Be sure to check your local theatres for listings.
As an added bonus, if you have found this book before February 22 and join BookCrossing, you can enter our The Reader contest. Simply attend a screening of The Reader and save your ticket stub. Print your screen name on the back of the stub and send it to BookCrossing: The Reader Contest at 323 Pine Street, Sandpoint, ID 83864. We will hold a drawing shortly after February 22, 2009 to determine the winners and you will be notified by email if you have won. One more reason to sign up for BookCrossing today! (Full details available online at www.bookcrossing.com. )
On a chair outside Cinema 1.
This book is a part of the BookCrossing "The Reader" Challenge: to find and release books that somehow relate to the award winning book “The Reader” by Bernhard Schlink. The movie based on the book opens January, 2009 (in the U.S.). Be sure to check your local theatres for listings.
As an added bonus, if you have found this book before February 22 and join BookCrossing, you can enter our The Reader contest. Simply attend a screening of The Reader and save your ticket stub. Print your screen name on the back of the stub and send it to BookCrossing: The Reader Contest at 323 Pine Street, Sandpoint, ID 83864. We will hold a drawing shortly after February 22, 2009 to determine the winners and you will be notified by email if you have won. One more reason to sign up for BookCrossing today! (Full details available online at www.bookcrossing.com. )
