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The Book Thief - Markus Zusak
Feb. 15th, 2007 11:05Title: The Book Thief
Author: Markus Zusak
Genre: World War II, Fiction
Rating: 8/10
# pages: 550
Date read: November, 2006
Summary: Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book - although she has not yet learned how to read - and her foster father uses it, "The Gravediggers Handbook", to lull her to sleep when shes roused by regular nightmares about her younger brothers death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayors reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward. Death is not a sentimental storyteller, but he does attend to an array of satisfying details, giving Liesels story all the nuances of chance, folly, and fulfilled expectation that it deserves. An extraordinary narrative. (From Amazon.com)
Review: Amazing book depicting the life of a German family during WWII. Very depressing as it showed the life of a family who were against the war, rather than a family pro-Hitler. It was written from the viewpoint of Death (the character, not the state of being) which made for a fascinating writing style which I had to get used to at first, but then really enjoyed. Very, very good book that stayed with me for quite awhile after I'd finished it.
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Author: Markus Zusak
Genre: World War II, Fiction
Rating: 8/10
# pages: 550
Date read: November, 2006
Summary: Death himself narrates the World War II-era story of Liesel Meminger from the time she is taken, at age nine, to live in Molching, Germany, with a foster family in a working-class neighborhood of tough kids, acid-tongued mothers, and loving fathers who earn their living by the work of their hands. The child arrives having just stolen her first book - although she has not yet learned how to read - and her foster father uses it, "The Gravediggers Handbook", to lull her to sleep when shes roused by regular nightmares about her younger brothers death. Across the ensuing years of the late 1930s and into the 1940s, Liesel collects more stolen books as well as a peculiar set of friends: the boy Rudy, the Jewish refugee Max, the mayors reclusive wife (who has a whole library from which she allows Liesel to steal), and especially her foster parents. Zusak not only creates a mesmerizing and original story but also writes with poetic syntax, causing readers to deliberate over phrases and lines, even as the action impels them forward. Death is not a sentimental storyteller, but he does attend to an array of satisfying details, giving Liesels story all the nuances of chance, folly, and fulfilled expectation that it deserves. An extraordinary narrative. (From Amazon.com)
Review: Amazing book depicting the life of a German family during WWII. Very depressing as it showed the life of a family who were against the war, rather than a family pro-Hitler. It was written from the viewpoint of Death (the character, not the state of being) which made for a fascinating writing style which I had to get used to at first, but then really enjoyed. Very, very good book that stayed with me for quite awhile after I'd finished it.
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