The Book Thief PDF - Overview
The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, and is his most popular book. Published in 2005, It became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies. It was adapted into the 2013 feature film. The novel is about the adventures of Liesel Meminger in Germany during a time of war. By personifying Death as a tangible thing, the novel narrates a unique perspective into the world of the victims of the war.
The book is introduced by the character/narrator Death, which underlines that mortality is very present in the lives of each character. Throughout the novel, the deaths of prominent characters reaffirm the presence of mortality. Because the novel takes place during the Second World War, death and genocide are nearly omnipresent in the novel. Death is presented in a manner that is less distant and threatening.
The Book Thief
Contents of The Book Thief
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Prologue: A Mountain Range of Rubble
- Death and Chocolate
- Beside the Railway Line
- The Eclipse
- The Flag
- Part One – The Grave Digger’s Handbook
- Part Two – The Shoulder Shrug
- Part Three – Mein Kampf
- Part Four – The Standover Man
- Part Five – The Whistler
- Part Six – The Dream Carrier
- Part Seven – The Complete Duden Dictionary and Thesaurus
- Part Eight – The Word Shaker
- Part Nine – The Last Human Stranger
- Part Ten – The Book Thief
- Epilogue: The Last Color
- Death and Liesel
- Wood in the Afternoon
- Max
- The Handover Man
- Acknowledgments
- Bonus Material
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