The Book Thief - 10th Anniversary Edition

*BRIDGE OF CLAY, the new novel by Markus Zusak, is coming this October 2018* The Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller, now a modern classic recommended by millions of readers.'Extraordinary, resonant and relevant, beautiful and angry' Telegraph'Unsettling, life-affirming, triumphant and tragic. This is a novel of breathtaking scope, masterfully told' Guardian'A weighty novel worthy of universal acclaim' Daily Express'Brilliant and hugely ambitious' New York Times'Absorbing and searing' Washington Post **********HERE IS A SMALL FACT - YOU ARE GOING TO DIE1939. 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 ***********Features pages of bonus content, including annotated manuscript pages, original sketches, and pages from the author's writing notebook.

Product details

• Authors: Markus Zusak, Zusak Markus
• Assisted by: Markus White (Illustration)
• Publisher: BLACK SWAN
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 31.12.2016
• EAN: 9781784162122
• ISBN: 978-1-78416-212-2
• No. of pages: 576
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 198 mm x 34 mm
• Series: Black Swan
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; FICTION / War & Military, FICTION / Women, Historical fiction, Second World War fiction, FICTION / Historical / World War II, Germany, Historical adventure, FICTION / Fantasy / Historical, Narrative theme: Death, grief, loss, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Fascism & Nazism, The Holocaust, Narrative theme: Sense of place, Historical adventure fiction, 1933–1945 (National Socialist period), c 1918 to c 1939 (Inter-war period)