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 neighborhood amid bombs, German fanatics, a Jewish boxer and many thefts.
The novel was adapted into a movie 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 World War II, the Holocaust and the power of books.
Markus Zusak is an Australian-German writer. He is best known for The Book Thief and The Messenger, two novels that became international bestsellers. He won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2014.
