6/7/2023 0 Comments The book thief e book![]() ![]() It seems poised to become a classic." USA Today " The Book Thief deserves a place on the same shelf with The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel's Night. ![]() 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. The Book Thief is a story about the power of words to make worlds. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. ![]() It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. The country is holding its breath.ĭeath has never been busier, and will become busier still.īy her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. the kind of book that can be life changing" The New York Times The extraordinary international bestseller from the author of new novel Bridge of Clay. ![]()
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