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EAN: 9780552773898
Format: Paperback
Published: 1 Jan 2008
Other Editions:
Hardback, Trade Paperback, CD, ebook
Synopsis
HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE
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. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH
It’s a small story, about:
a girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fist fighter
and quite a lot of thievery.
ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW - DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES
What the critics say
Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.
- Lisa Hilton, Sunday Telegraph
...a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling...Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner.
- Guardian
A moving work which will make many eyes brim.
- Marianne Brace, Independent on Sunday
This is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: 'There's a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work.' The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction.
- Lianne Kolirin, The Daily Express
Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing
- New York Times Book Review
Editor's Comments
Markus Zusak's heartbreaking and innovative novel has been a bestseller since publication. Published as an adult novel in Australia (where he lives), as a children's novel in America, and as both in the UK, he has gathered thousands of fans young and old in a very short space of time. His imaginative use of language, and the warmth of his vision towards his characters and their fates has swept us all off our feet.
Yhe Book Thiefis a guaranteed tear-jerker, but it will also make you feel elated. He is one of the most exciting and gifted young writers to emerge in the last ten years. Look forward to Markus' next novel, which will be equally captivating and humane, and which he has promised to finish next summer. It will be published by Doubleday in 2009.