by Markus Zusak · BLACK SWAN · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552773898
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«The Book Thief» is the historical novel by Markus Zusak, published by Black Swan in paperback (560 pages, in English).
In Nazi Germany in 1939, Liesel Meminger, a nine-year-old girl taken in on Himmel Street whose parents have been taken to a concentration camp, begins to steal books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read, while Death narrates her story and that of her neighbourhood amid bombs, German fanatics, a Jewish boxer and many thefts.
The novel was adapted into a film and has received recognition such as the National Jewish Book Award and the Margaret A. Edwards Award.
A read for young people and adults interested in historical fiction about the Second World War, the Holocaust and the power of books.
Markus Zusak is an Australian author internationally known for The Book Thief, narrated by Death and set in Nazi Germany. His writing has placed him among the most significant young adult voices of the 21st century.
