Markus Zusak's 2005 novel continues to win over readers around the world.
January 1939. Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. And there is more to come. A mother is taking nine-year-old Liesel Meminger and her younger brother to foster parents near Munich because their father is gone—carried away by the breath of a strange and alien word, "communist," and in her mother’s eyes, the girl sees the fear of the same fate. On the way, death visits the boy and notices Liesel for the first time. And so the girl ends up on Himmel Street—Heaven Street. Whoever came up with that name had a healthy sense of humor. It wasn’t exactly hell on earth. No. But it wasn’t paradise, either.
"The Book Thief" is a short story that tells of, among other things: a girl; various words; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist-fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. It is a book about the power of words and the ability of books to nourish the soul.
Author: Markus Zusak
Illustrations: Trudy White
Translator: Nikolai Mezin
Pages: 512 (offset). Hardcover
Dimensions: 206x132x27 mm
Series: Vivid Pages
