The Reader - by Bernhard Schlink

"The Reader" is a special book about post-WWII era in Germany, providing a window into the struggle and conflicts of the post-war generation in confronting the past. Michael's book is written as a personal diary, depicting an extra-ordinary love story between 15 years old boy and a 36 years old woman, through which we discover the ambivalent and conflicting approach of Germens to the Holocaust with a mix of guilt, shame, denial and detachment. A truly moving book which addresses this sensitive issue in a very unusual way.