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Title: The Book Thief (Readers Circle)
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Manufacturer: Knopf Books for Young Readers
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| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers Do not waste your money! |
| I do not care for this book at all. I had read such good reviews but it is really strange and moves very slowly. I would not recommend it. |
| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers can someone translate, please? |
this book was so confusing, and hard to understand. i do not recommend this book to anyone!!!
unless you want to spend forever trying to figure out what certain phrases mean. |
| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers A book for keeping |
I thought I was going to hate this book. If my book club hadn't selected it that particular month, I would never have picked it up. Despite my doubts, I checked it out of my local library and gave it a go.
The first pages were difficult because I was so put off by the strange premise of having the events narrated by Death, and by the unusual phrasing and word choices. But somewhere along the way I got sucked into the story. I began to realize that the phrasing and word choices were brilliant, arresting, moving. By the end of the book, I realized this story had to be told by Death, that this was part of its power. Death was the constant outsider, "haunted by humans," a witness of every kind of depravity and nobility. By the end of the book, I knew it was one of the finest I had ever read. Months and months later, I am still moved to tears when I think of some of the characters and the things Death said about them.
I agree with those who are mystified at this being classified as YA. Not that young adults wouldn't understand or enjoy this book, but that it's fully complex, original, and polished enough to stand with the best "literary" books out there.
I feel a re-read coming on. Maybe this time I'll buy my own copy so it'll be there when I need it. |
| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers Listen to the audio book |
| Allan Corduner does a masterful job of reading The Book Thief. His voices for Hans, Rosa, Max and Death are especially wonderful. Whether you are a fan of this book or have yet to read it, listening to it is a treat (especially if you don't speak German and aren't sure how to say the names and phrases). |
| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers THIS story will feed your soul.... |
| To say that Markus Zusak is a brilliant 32 year old up and coming author would be the understatement of all understatements! Talk about an "unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul"!! He presented this story from the eyes of 'death himself' and told us about the extremes in human behavior as never been told before. I stayed up all night to finish this book and cannot stop thinking about it. It definitely rates as one of the best books I've ever read! Bravo, Mr. Zusak!! |
| The Book Thief (Readers Circle) by Knopf Books for Young Readers Product Description |
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. |
