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The Book Thief

The Book Thief 14

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by Markus Zusak
Paperback
Publication Date: 01/11/2013
4/5 Rating 14 Reviews

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The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller. Over eight million copies sold.

"Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that can be life changing" The New York Times

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath.

Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery.

So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.

The Book Thief is a story about the power of words to make worlds. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time.

ISBN:
9781742613314
9781742613314
Category:
Contemporary fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
01-11-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Pan Macmillan Australia
Country of origin:
Australia
Pages:
600
Dimensions (mm):
198x130x38mm
Weight:
0.46kg

Markus Zusak

Australian author Markus Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, about the bombing of Munich and about Jews being marched through his mother’s small, German town.

He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell. At the age of 30, Zusak has already asserted himself as one of today’s most innovative and poetic novelists.

With the publication of The Book Thief, he has been dubbed a ‘literary phenomenon’ by Australian and US critics.

Zusak is the award-winning author of four previous books for young adults: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger, recipient of a 2006 Printz Honor for excellence in young adult literature. He lives in Sydney.

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GREAT BOOK, MORE DETAILED THAN ACTAUL MOVIE

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I had read many great things about this book from several family members with similar taste in books to myself, so immediately I was intrigued. What sealed the deal was its unlikely narrator (Death) and it being Holocaust fiction that doesn't focus on concentration camps. Alas, I began the book with high expectations that promptly crumbled. There were several analogies that were too out there, including one about how a plane crashed and the sky turned charcoal, and then someone laid a teddy bear next to the dead body. Unfortunately, I had to flick ahead to get into the plot (the book is well over 500 pages), and the plot, while page-turning, was very thin and bloated. Several paragraphs could easily have been condensed into a matter of lines and the story would have flowed better. What I loved about it was the main character, Liesel Meminger, and her relationships with the various people around her, most notably Max Vandenburg, the Jew that the Meminger's concealed in their basement. Another thing that was amazing about this book, that in fact I'm giving the book an extra star for as we speak, was the character development. From Liesel's inosence at the beginning, she gets moulded and changed right through to the heartbreaking climax. The book's final chapters were some of the best writing I've ever read, but it still unfortunately didn't make up for the terrible beginning. I'm eagerly awaiting the movie release, particularly to see how they portray Death. Exact rating: 2.5/5

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