In the end, we still have to find a way to face it, to heal it, to appease it, to calm it down and leave, or to stop interfering with our normal life.
Just like readers, because a secret has changed a person's life. However, when we read and ponder, you will find that it may not be a story of one person, but the experience of a group of people, which seems to have the shadow of each of us more or less.
Bernhard Schlink, the author of The Reader, is a German jurist, writer and judge. He is famous for writing detective stories. Therefore, it is unexpected that his love story works suddenly become global bestsellers. Because he tells the story of a person in the book, it may not be so mainstream, and it may be too German for readers in other countries, because it is set in Germany after World War II, and relatively speaking, it should be more profound for Germans who have experienced Nazi rule.
But it is such a work that has aroused the admiration of readers all over the world, which further proves that a good work can span time and space.
From a seemingly simple story about love, this work conveys not only a person's growth experience, but also the influence of a society on people. It conveys the enlightenment brought by a period of history and causes us to think deeply about love, life and history.
This story is mainly about the love between a boy aged 15 and a middle-aged woman aged 36. Their love spans time and space, but they can't be together in the end, even ending with the death of the heroine. But in the whole story, it reached its climax through reading aloud.
When we see beauty, we always feel deep sadness, because beauty seems destined to be associated with transience. Wherever we go, it turns to dust, and beauty always disappears when we are least prepared. From then on, there is nowhere to be found, leaving a brilliant mark or a ruin that can never be rebuilt. If a person feels the sudden disappearance of beauty when he is young, maybe his life will never be complete.
When people from two different worlds meet, even if there is intersection, they just pass by and become passers-by in life.
However, when love happens, it is the most beautiful moment. Even if the time is staggered, as long as you love, life is complete. It is better to cherish the moment of love, not regret, not regret.
At the end of the book, the author says through Michael that Hannah may be old, but her voice is still young. And that's probably why Hannah became the only woman Michelle ever loved. Reader Hannah's voice will always accompany Michael and guide his life path.
Missing someone may be a long and silent thing. The figure of that person may not always appear in your mind, but it will haunt every detail of your life. You want to get rid of it, you want to escape, but the invisible rope will only get tighter and tighter, because love is an extremely complicated thing, which involves not only pleasure, but also regret and guilt.
The horror of war is never just death or property loss, but it will engrave a kind of fear and a kind of guilt in people's hearts. This kind of inscription not only involves people who directly participated in the war, but also includes all the people related to it, and even affects people of more times. Therefore, it is evil to wage war in any great name and noble slogan, and many tragic tragedies should not have happened.
Which is more important, yesterday or today? How do you view history and reality? Hannah left us with too many thoughts about life, love and history.
For Michael, he finally found this way, that is, reading aloud for Hannah. After many years, he finally found the courage to face Hannah and his inner pain again in this way.
In any case, pick up the book, put down your obsession and read it, and you will always find the answer and feel life when you are confused!