The Book Thief - Softcover

Zusak Markus

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0552773891 ISBN 13: 9780552773898

Publisher: BLACK SWAN, 2007

Synopsis

Black Swan, UK, Trade Paperback with 558 pages and some b/w illustrations. A no. 1 International Bestseller. 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 St. 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. This novel is narrated by DEATH. It's a story about: a girl, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist fighter, and a quite a lot of thievery. DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES!

About this title

About the Author

MARKUS ZUSAK's bestselling novel The Book Thief was originally published in the UK in 2007. It has since become a modern classic, published around the world and turned into a film. Markus Zusak lives in Sydney, Australia with his wife and two children.

Review

"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 * "...breathtakingly good." -- Becky Stradwick, Buyer, Borders * The Bookseller * "A magical tale." * Elle * "...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch." -- Angela Lockton, The Golden Treasury, London * The Bookseller * "A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity." -- Alexandra Hamlyn * FT magazine * "Quirky, engaging and beautifully written" * Woman and Home * "His faith in the transformative power of storytelling bestows this gentle but worthwhile novel with its own narrative strength and power." -- Claire Allfree * Metro * "Absorbing and searing" * Washington Post * "A major achievement" * People * "Deserves a place on the shelf with The Diary of Anne Frank - set to become a classic" * USA Today * "Zusak makes his ostensibly gloomy subject bearable in the same way Kurt Vonnegut did in Slaughterhouse 5, with grim, darkly consoling humour" * Time * "Zusak's playfulness with language leavens the horror and makes the theme more resonant - words can save your life ...It's a measure of how sucessfully Zusak has humanized these characters that even though we know they are doomed, it's no less devastating when Death finally reaches them" * Publishers Weekly * "One of the most highly anticipated young-adult books in years" * The Wall Street Journal * "'Elegant, philosophical and moving. A work to read slowly and savour. Beautiful and important" * Kirkus Reviews * "Both gripping and touching, a work that kept me up late into the night feverishly reading the last 300 pages" * Cleveland Plain-Dealer * "Zusak's novel is a highwire act of inventiveness and emotional suppleness" * The Australian *

About this edition

• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0552773891
• ISBN 13: 9780552773898
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 560