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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 15/09/2016
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ISBN: 9781784162122
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Length: 560 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 33mm x 127mm
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Weight: 378g
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RRP: £8.99
The Book Thief
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The life-affirming number one international bestseller
'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.
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Imprint: Black Swan
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Published: 15/09/2016
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ISBN: 9781784162122
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Length: 560 Pages
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Dimensions: 198mm x 33mm x 127mm
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Weight: 378g
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RRP: £8.99
Reviews
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Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry.
Lisa Hilton, Sunday Telegraph
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...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.
Guardian
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A moving work which will make many eyes brim.
Marianne Brace, Independent on Sunday
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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.
Lianne Kolirin, The Daily Express
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Brilliant and hugely ambitious ... the kind of book that could be life-changing
New York Times Book Review
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...breathtakingly good.
Becky Stradwick, Buyer, Borders, The Bookseller
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A magical tale.
Elle
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...a fantastic book...it packs a huge emotional punch.
Angela Lockton, The Golden Treasury, London, The Bookseller
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A tonic much needed amid the ominous menace of an era of such calamity.
Alexandra Hamlyn, FT magazine
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Quirky, engaging and beautifully written
Woman and Home
