Imprint: Black Swan
Published: 15/09/2016
ISBN: 9781784162122
Length: 560 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 33mm x 127mm
Weight: 377g
RRP: £8.99
'Life affirming, triumphant and tragic . . . masterfully told. . . but also a wonderful page-turner' Guardian
'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New York Times
'Extraordinary' Telegraph
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HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE
1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier.
Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall.
SOME IMPORTANT INFORMATION - THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH
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What readers are saying about The Book Thief:
***** 'I loved every page of this book. So many great quotes, observations on humanity and images...I just didn't want it to end.
***** 'I loved this book. It is not only one of the best I've read this year, it is one of the best I've ever read.'
***** 'This is the sort of book the restores your faith in humanity and leaves you feeling uplifted, even when it makes you shed a tear.
Imprint: Black Swan
Published: 15/09/2016
ISBN: 9781784162122
Length: 560 Pages
Dimensions: 198mm x 33mm x 127mm
Weight: 377g
RRP: £8.99
Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.
...a beautifully balanced piece of storytelling...Unsettling, thought-provoking, life affirming, triumphant and tragic, this is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told. It is an important piece of work, but also a wonderful page-turner.
A moving work which will make many eyes brim.
This is a weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim. A sense of dread prevades this beautifully written novel. As The Book Thief draws to a close, Death says: "There's a multitude of stories that i allow to distract me as I work." The story of the Book Thief, who tried to change the world in her own small way, proves one formidable and inspiring distraction.
Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing
...breathtakingly good.
A magical tale.
...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch.
A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity.
Quirky, engaging and beautifully written