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An edition of The Book Thief (2005)

The Book Thief

Black Swan edition (50)

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  • ★★★★ 4.24 ·
  • 92 Ratings
  • 1058 Want to read
  • 62 Currently reading
  • 141 Have read
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Black Swan
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English
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554

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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 her 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 MORE IMPORTANT INFORMATION:
THIS NOVEL IS NARRATED BY DEATH.

It's a small story, about:
a girl
an accordionist
some fanatical Germans
a Jewish fist fighter
and quite a lot of thievery.

ANOTHER THING YOU SHOULD KNOW:
DEATH WILL VISIT THE BOOK THIEF THREE TIMES.

--back cover

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Subjects
nyt:young-adult-paperback-monthly=2022-09-04, New York Times bestseller, New York Times reviewed, Books and reading, Fiction, Jews, History, World War, 1939-1945, Rescue, Storytelling, Death, Novela australiana, Livres et lecture, Romans, nouvelles, Juifs, Histoire, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Sauvetage, Libros y lectura, Novela, Judios, Historia, Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945, Book thefts, Jews rescue (1939-1945 : World War) fast (OCoLC)fst01710189, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Death, fiction, Germany, history, fiction, Jews, history, fiction, World war, 1939-1945, fiction, Children's fiction, Storytelling, fiction, Books and reading, fiction, Juvenile fiction
People
Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Mark Owens, Liesel Meminger, Death
Places
Germany, Alemania, Munich, Allemagne
Times
1933-1945, World War, 1939-1945, 1939-1945

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2013-10, Pocket Jeunesse
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2013, Alfred A. Knopf
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2013, Alfred A. Knopf
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偷書賊
2007, 木馬文化事業股份有限公司
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The Book Thief
2007, Black Swan
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2006, Thorndike Press
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2005, Picador Australia
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Book Details

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London, England

Edition Notes

UK

Copyright Date
2005

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
553p.
Number of pages
554

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL26437492M
Internet Archive
bookthief0000zusa
ISBN 10
0552773891
ISBN 13
9780552773898
OCLC/WorldCat
271834228, 1028351640
amazon.co.uk_asin
0552773891
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0552773891
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0552773891
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58602505

Work Description

The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, a little girl who is taken to a new home because her mother can't afford to take care of her. The story is told by Death, who becomes a character you come to respect and even feel sorry for by the end. The narration puts an odd perspective on the story.

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a mountain range of rubble

in which our narrator introduces: himself – the colours – and the book thief.
added by Lisa. "first sentence"

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