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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 book is a story of: a girl; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak was the best-selling debut literary novel of the year 2007, selling over 400,000 copies. The author is a prize-winning writer of children's books, and this, his first novel for adults, proved to be a triumphant success. The book is extraordinary on many levels: moving, yet restrained, angry yet balanced -- and written with the kind of elegance found all too rarely in fiction these days. The book's narrator is nothing less than Death itself, regaling us with a remarkable tale of book burnings, treachery and theft. The book never forgets the primary purpose of compelling the reader's attention, yet which nevertheless is able to impart a cogent message about the importance of words, particularly in those societies which regard the word as dangerous (the book is set during the Nazi regime, but this message is all too relevant in many places in the world today).Nine-year-old Liesel lives with her foster family on Himmel Street during the dark days of the ...
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Tootie's Place: Review: The Book Thief
I just finished the book, The Book Thief by Markus Zusak, last night. It was so haunting and tragic, yet I couldn't stop reading it and I really loved it. The book is about a young girl growing up in Germany during WWII. ...
Book Review – The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak tells the story of a little girl and her life experiences during World War II and shows the importance of words and reading.
The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak – Book Review: Death Narrates This ...
The Story of Liesel Meminger, a young girl living in Nazi Germany, her love affair with books, and her compassion for Jews.
What Red Read: First the colors. Then the humans. That's usually ...
This is the second book I've read because of reviews from fellow book bloggers (the first was Tropper's This Is Where I Leave You) so thanks to everyone who read and suggested The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. I underestimated how long it ...
Ulysses – James Joyce « A Rat in the Book Pile
In any other book the different styles might indicate disparate characters, here they do not. Most of them appear to be Bloom, perhaps indicating that Bloom is many different characters. Which, I suppose, he is. Whilst much of the narrative is 'stream of consciousness' it is not always easy to identify from whom said stream of consciousness emanates. The stylistic writing also indicates the sheer genius which is Joyce. ... Reading Aloud. The Book Thief ...
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Beautiful, stunning, original. Moving, emotional, tense.I wonder why it has taken me so long to read this book - please don't listen to anyone who says it's depressing - it's not. It's quite simply amazing.