The Reader. Poster of the 2008 movie and cover of the 1995 book
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The Reader
Bernhard Schlink, 1995
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Stephen Daldry, 2008

In 1995 Berlin, after a woman he has spent the night with leaves his apartment abruptly after he has made her breakfast, Michael Berg watches a U-Bahn pass by, setting up a flashback to a tram in 1958. Pausing nearby an apartment building he vomits. After a bicycling trip with Michael, Hanna learns that she was promoted to a clerical job at the tram company’s office, upon which she suddenly leaves her home, without telling Michael or anyone else where she has moved to.


A Dangerous Fortune. Poster of the 2016 movie and cover of the 1993 book
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A Dangerous Fortune
Ken Follett, 1993
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Christian Schwochow, 2016

A shocking secret behind a young boys death leads to three generations of treachery in this breathtaking saga of love, power and revenge, set amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England.