Later, when Hanna becomes interested in Michael’s studies, she makes his reading aloud to her a condition for sex, and their routine soon incorporates reading before their shower.ĭuring his Easter vacation, Michael plans a bicycle trip for the two of them. The two then begin a continuing affair, including this ritual of showering and sex. Hanna runs a bath for him and seduces him. He does so but returns covered in coal dust after accidentally dislodging a pile of coal. To his delight Hanna is not annoyed with him and merely asks him to fetch some coal from the cellar. However, a few days later, he visits Hanna’s apartment again, intending to apologize.
Embarrassed to be caught, he flees and later is plagued with guilt for fantasizing about her. Months later, after urging from his mother, Michael returns to the woman’s apartment in order to thank her, but as the woman is preparing to walk him out, he finds himself unable to stop watching her get dressed. One of the building’s tenants, 36-year-old Hanna Schmitz rescues him, cleaning him up and bringing him back home, where his doctor diagnoses him with hepatitis.
In Part 1, a 15-year-old Michael is on his way home when he becomes violently ill by the side of a building. The narrator, Michael Berg, tells the story of his teenage affair with a former Nazi prison guard and its aftermath.
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