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Bridge of Clay

Bridge of Clay 9

by Markus Zusak
Paperback
Publication Date: 09/10/2018
4/5 Rating 9 Reviews

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Bridge of Clay is about a boy who is caught in the current of destroying everything he has, to become all he needs to be.

He's a boy in search of greatness, as a cure for memory and tragedy.

He builds a bridge to save his family, but also to save himself.

It's an attempt to transcend humanness, to make a single, glorious moment: A miracle and nothing less.

ISBN:
9781760559922
9781760559922
Category:
Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
09-10-2018
Pages:
592
Dimensions (mm):
233x154mm
Weight:
0.3kg

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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I have been reading for 76 years and this is the most beautiful book about life and love and family that I have ever read.
It will become an Australian Classic.

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I could not put this book down, it made me laugh and cry. Great Read!!!!!

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It definitely took a while to truely absorb and live with the characters portrayed in this thought provoking novel. For me, Bridge of Clay highlighted the power of love and the commitment we have to each other, not just in a family but in other relationships formed during the path of life. It magnified the fact that every human spirit is capable of adjusting to the winds of change when experiencing loss or misadventure. Bridge of Clay embodies love, strength, endurance and power to face the challenge of living.


living.

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This book is Markus Zusak's long-awaited follow-up to The Book Thief. I don't think it's going to reach those heights and it does take a long time to get going, but it is worth it.

we follow the story of the five Dunbar brothers who live in a house in Sydney without adults.They have struggled since their mother died and father walked out. But they are keen to survive on their own. How did they get to this point though? The book also flashes back and forth to before they were born, and then when they were young and their parents were bringing them up.

It's a very emotional read a you can imagine and Zusak's writing style makes you feel as if you are one of those boys or at least looking in on them..He does wander off tangent more than once but then this is the thought process of a boy struggling so it could be a good plot device. There's a lot of thinking, pondering and wondering to various degrees.

So, not one for plot or location really, but an interesting read from a fine writer.

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An interesting technique of flipping between the present and the past. Also interesting that Death is again portrayed as a character during the book. I am enjoying reading it but still can't guess where it will lead. I do enjoy the way Markus Zusak records dialogue and thoughts in a very real and Australian way.

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At first,I struggled with this book. I restarted it three times,before I decided to just roll with the punches.My confusion about who was talking and what was being said gradually faded and the last three quarters of the book moved along clearly and enjoyably. The author puts me in mind of William Faulkner,with his cast of Yoknapatawpha characters. These people give one another very little rope.They are hard and unforgiving. Markus Zusak ,however,gives us the underground currents of these tragic figures.I was very moved by the end and would recommend it most positively.
Just one personal caveat:at times,for me,the book was a bit twee.The horrors are horrible,the people are unforgiving,you just know there's a heart of gold in each and every one.Is this real life? My only reservation is this. Otherwise, it's a great follow-up for the "Book Thief" man.

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grabbed my heart

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The book world has been in a daze ever since the release of Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief in 2005, the captivating tale of a young girl living in Nazi Germany who steals books before they’re burned to cinders. When the news broke that Zusak was releasing a new book after 13 years, you could practically hear the collective inhale as readers everywhere began to hold their breath. Would Bridge of Clay be able to capture that same magic as its predecessor? After reading it, I can safely say that it’s time to exhale because this book is absolutely extraordinary.

With Bridge of Clay, Zusak has written a sprawling family saga that tells the story of the Dunbar boys, five brothers who have been practically abandoned by their father after the death of their mother. When he turns up again out of the blue asking for their help with building a bridge, only one of them cannot resist the urge to go: quiet, mysterious Clay, for whom something inescapable is brewing. Zusak is a master at capturing the voices of his characters in wonderful detail, and Bridge of Clay is certainly no different. Each of the Dunbar brothers feels utterly alive, like somebody you knew or went to school with, and I fell in love with all of them, especially Clay. This book is written with a rawness that can be intoxicating at times, as it explores what it takes for Clay to survive with the weight of his family on his shoulders.

It may have been over a decade in the making but I loved every single word of it. Zusak is a storyteller like no other, and I think Bridge of Clay was well worth the wait.

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