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Markus Zusak - The Book Thief (2nd Hand Paperback)
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Synopsis
1939. Nazi Germany.
The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. 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 behind 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 Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.
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.
This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
Details
- Format : Standard Thick 2nd Hand Paperback.
- Condition : Very Good
- Category : Fiction - Modern Classics
- Published : 2007 (This Edition 2018 - Black Swan / Penguin)
- ISBN : 9781784162122
- SKU : B001489
- PPC : SP490gm
- RRP : £8.99
- Quantity Available : 1 only.
External Reviews
"What a wonderful read it is though. It made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me swear & it made me contemplate many things - especially human nature. I was pleasantly surprised by the unique style of the book. I will definitely be keeping this book on my shelves for future reading."
"Whenever I read a book, I cannot help but read it in two ways: the story itself, and how it's written. They're not quite inseparable, but they definitely support each other. With The Book Thief, Markus Zusak has shown he's a writer of genius, an artist of words, a poet, a literary marvel. His writing is lyrical, haunting, poetic, profound. Death is rendered vividly, a lonely, haunted being who is drawn to children, who has had a lot of time to contemplate human nature and wonder at it. Liesel is very real, a child living a child's life of soccer in the street, stolen pleasures, sudden passions and a full heart while around her bombs drop, maimed veterans hang themselves, bereaved parents move like ghosts, Gestapo take children away and the dirty skeletons of Jews are paraded through the town.
Many things save this book from being all-out depressing. It's never morbid, for a start. A lively humour dances through the pages, and the richness of the descriptions as well as the richness of the characters' hearts cannot fail to lift you up. Also, it's great to read such a balanced story, where ordinary Germans - even those who are blond and blue-eyed - are as much at risk of losing their lives, of being persecuted, as the Jews themselves. I can't go any further without talking about the writing itself. From the very first title page, you know you're in for something very special indeed." - Google Reviews.