“It is 1939. Nazy Germany. The country is holding its
breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
By her brother graveside, Liesel Meminger’s life is changed
when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is ‘The
Grave Digger’s Handbook’, left there by accident, and it is her first act of
book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with
the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is
stealing books from Nazi book-burning, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever
there are books to be found.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family
hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up and closed
down.
It was my second book of Markus Zusak after ‘I Am The
Messenger’ and it has the same kind of book about young-adult related story.
While ‘I Am The Messenger’ takes a modern time setting, ‘The Book Thief’ seems
more classic and has more gloomy feelings in the setting of Nazi era in Germany.
If you haven't watched the movie, here's the official trailer:
I have watched the movie first then read the book later. In my opinion, I love the movie better because it was more real and the actors & actresses could express each character very well (after I compared with the original characters in the book). But there are many stories, especially about Liesel and Rudy, in the book that were not included in the movie. And many other stories that will give us a deeper understanding about each characters. So I suggest to watch the movie first then read the book later. ^^
In a short of words, this book tell a story of a girl named
Liesel who was left by her mother and her little brother (who died in the train
on their way to Himmel Street) to live with her foster family Hans Hubermann
and Rosa Hubermann. Liesel loves books, her papa Hans Humbermann loves playing
accordion, and her mama Rosa Hubermann loves to swear. ^^ Though it was hard in the
first time Liesel moved to her new family, but in the end it turned out that
they bound love and try to protect each other even for Max (the Jew they hide
in the basement). When times get rough day by day when mama lost her only job,
and Max should find him way out from Himmel Street, then papa should go to the
army, Liesel finds her only hope, love and fun only in her best friend Rudy.
This book will teach us something important about family,
friends, and love. When Nazi thought people to hate the Jews, are we gonna just
hate them irrationally? What makes us different from other people? Does it mean
if we are not in the same race then we are enemy to each other?
Markus Zusak truly is one of the succesfull young-adult fiction author whose his book has been filmed and become New York Times bestseller. You can learn much more about him at Facebook.com/MarkusZusak and zusakbooks.tumblr.com, and you can follow him on twitter at @MarkusZusak.
I got this book from Periplus, if you want to buy this book online you can go to their site here.
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