Annotation
For use in schools and libraries only. At age fifteen, Michael Berg falls in love with a woman who disappears. While observing a trial as a law student years later, he is shocked to discover the same woman as the defendant in a horrible crime.
Awards
1997 New York Times Notable Books of the Year
1998 Fisk Fiction Prize (Boston, Massachusetts)
Characters
| Name | Berg, Michael |
| Gender | Male |
| Occupation | College students |
| Name | Schmitz, Hanna |
| Gender | Female |
| Trait | Illiterate |
| Genre | Psychological Coming of age Fiction Cinematization --Movie |
| Topics | Jewish Holocaust Nazis Love affairs Obsessive love Mysterious disappearances Reunited lovers War crimes Trials Secrets Sexual awakening Moral dilemmas |
| Setting | Germany |