{"product_id":"reader","title":"The Reader","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exceptionally powerful novel exploring the themes of betrayal, guilt and memory against the background of the Holocaust. An international bestseller.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e For 15-year-old Michael Berg, a chance meeting with an older woman leads to far more than he ever imagined. The woman in question is Hanna, and before long they embark on a passionate, clandestine love affair which leaves Michael both euphoric and confused. For Hanna is not all she seems.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Years later, as a law student observing a trial in Germany, Michael is shocked to realize that the person in the dock is Hanna. The woman he had loved is a criminal. Much about her behaviour during the trial does not make sense. But then suddenly, and terribly, it does - Hanna is not only obliged to answer for a horrible crime, she is also desperately concealing an even deeper secret.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 'A tender, horrifying novel that shows blazingly well how the Holocaust should be dealt with in fiction. A thriller, a love story and a deeply moving examination of a German conscience' INDEPENDENT\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Unity Books","offers":[{"title":"Reader","offer_id":45625973375173,"sku":null,"price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0625\/6679\/3413\/files\/978-0-7538-0470-4.jpg?v=1768342259","url":"https:\/\/unitybooks.myshopify.com\/products\/reader","provider":"Unity Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}