Translated by Carol Brown Janeway, Phoenix, 1997, 9780753804704 (Aus, US)  The Reader was experienced traveling by train through Europe, and recalled when faced with the ‘Topography of Terror’ monument in Berlin (the site of the SS headquarters), and Anne Frank’s House in Amsterdam. It is a coming of age story simply told. Michael becomes involved with … Continue reading The Reader by Bernhard Schlink – an 'Off the Shelf' book review with travel commentary