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The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 17 million copies. It was adapted into the 2013 feature film, The Book Thief .
The Book Thief is a 2013 war drama film directed by Brian Percival and starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, and Sophie Nélisse. The film is based on the 2005 novel of the same name by Markus Zusak and adapted by Michael Petroni. The film is about a young girl living with her adoptive German family during the Nazi era.
Sep 1, 2005 · Death has never been busier, and will be busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, left behind there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery.
In Nazi Germany, a young girl whose parents have been whisked away to a concentration camp steals a book. Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief is her story, the story of how Death, the Hooded One, visits her.
Jun 25, 2020 · The book thief. Narrated in the all-knowing matter-of-fact voice of Death, witnessing the story of the citizens of Molching. By 1943, the Allied bombs are falling, and the sirens begin to wail.
Nov 27, 2013 · The Book Thief: Directed by Brian Percival. With Roger Allam, Sophie Nélisse, Heike Makatsch, Julian Lehmann. While subjected to the horrors of World War II Germany, young Liesel finds solace by stealing books and sharing them with others.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a story about a girl’s life narrated in her own words albeit by Death. Opening with the death of Leisel’s brother aboard a train across Germany, this book introduces the narrator Death who tells us a “small fact” – You are going to die.
- Markus Zusak
Dec 18, 2007 · The extraordinary, beloved novel about the ability of books to feed the soul even in the darkest of times. When Death has a story to tell, you listen. It is 1939. Nazi...
The Book Thief. Markus Zusak. Pan Macmillan Australia Pty, Limited, 2010 - Fiction - 584 pages. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will...
Sep 11, 2007 · Its grimness and tragedy run through the reader's mind like a black-and-white movie, bereft of the colors of life. Zusak may not have lived under Nazi domination, but 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.
