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Loading... The Book Thiefby Markus Zusak
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will love Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. If I could rate this book ten stars, I would. So well written. One of my favorite books. (  )2   Debodot | Nov 5, 2009 |  Young adults and adults will be moved by this story. The voices in the book are so real you can feel them. Recommend for everyone. Period. ( )1 dalialevine | Nov 2, 2009 | Very different from the usual Holocaust novel. Delicious language and symbolism. Unusual narrator. Very moving. 5+ stars - my favourite book yet! ( )1 Pip1 | Oct 31, 2009 | Set in Germany during WWII, "The Book Thief" tells the story of orphan Liesel Meminger, life with her foster parents, and her love for books. It is narrated by Death, whose character comes across as strangely human as he relates his encounters with the human race in general and Liesel in particular. Death meets Liesel for the first time as she travels by train with her mother and younger brother to the town of Molching, near Munich. Her brother dies on the journey, prompting Liesel and her mother to disembark to bury the small boy, and it is at his gravesite that Liesel steals her first book, "The Gravedigger's Handbook". She settles into her new life, doing household chores for her foster-mother Rosa, being taught how to read by her foster-father Hans, stealing food with her friend Rudy, and visiting her Jewish friend Max, hidden in the basement. All of Liesels activities are framed in the context of Nazi Germany as the regime struggles to maintain its war machine, indoctrinating the young men into Hitler Youth, sending all eligible males to the battlefront, and reducing rations for those left behind. Although the story moves a little slowly at times and is occasionally confusing when it jumps around in time, overall it is a good read. As it approached the end and the various threads of the story came together, I couldn't put it down. Markus Zusak is the Australian son of German immigrant parents and he grew up hearing stories of life in Nazi Germany. "The Book Thief" has won several awards, including the 2008 Ena Noel Encouragement Award for Children's Literature and the 2006 Kathleen Mitchell Award, and was named a 2007 Michael L. Printz Honor book by the Young Adult Library Services Association. (  )1 janetvisser | Oct 31, 2009 | a book meant for youthful readers but great for all ages. Although the books message has been told many times before it's my 1st time hearing death tell the story of Hitler's victims. The Book Thief is worth reading and owning . ( )1 bobtnreader | Oct 31, 2009 | 
 The suggestion that 40 million people died because of the power of words might seem trite until one recalls the mendacious blabberings of the leaders of a war we are still fighting. The Book Thief depends too much on unnecessary devices to be a great novel, but it is certainly extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.  This over-praised, overlong novel is in trouble before it starts. The acknowledgments open with a tribute to someone “who is as warm as she is knowledgeable” and continue in the same saccharine manner.  This is a moving work which will make many eyes brim. Zusak shows us how small defiances and unexpectedly courageous acts remind us of our humanity. It isn't only Death who is touched. Liesel steals our hearts too.  This is never an easy read, never a glide. But, in Zusak's ability to imagine and execute, he has achieved a very personal vision that grabs the reader and does not let go. The book's length, subject matter and approach might give early teen readers pause, but those who can get beyond the rather confusing first pages will find an absorbing and searing narrative.
Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0375842209, Paperback)It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . .Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul. From the Hardcover edition. (retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:58:11 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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