Film · 2008 · Directed by Stephen Daldry · Starring Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross
A teenage boy has an affair with an older woman, and years later meets her again in a very different setting.
The film follows the novel's three parts and its slow questions about guilt.
The book is short and spare, and powerful in its silences.
The Reader by Bernhard Schlink
A spare, moving story that stays with you and raises hard questions.
Who will like it: Readers who want a short, thought-provoking story of love and memory.