The novel follows the adventures of a young girl, Liesel Meminger. It was adapted into the 2013 feature film, The Book Thief. Published in 2005, The Book Thief became an international bestseller and was translated into 63 languages and sold 16 million copies.
The Book Thief is a historical fiction novel by the Australian author Markus Zusak, set in Nazi Germany during World War II. This includes her own book, The Book Thief, the story of her life, which Death rescues from a trash truck and reads over and over again before returning it to her when she dies.For additional editions see The Book Thief > Editions at Plus, there are excerpts from the other books that are important to Liesel. We can still see the traces of Hitler's book, peeking through the white paint. These are The Standover Man and The Word Shaker, both written on painted-over pages of Adolph Hitler's Book, Mein Kampf. The Book Thief, the novel we are reading, contains two complete, illustrated stories written by Max Vandenburg. The foreshadowing of the other events makes us let down our guards and be surprised.ĭeath isn't all talk-he also provides illustrations.
When, in actuality, he withholds from us the fact that Liesel and Max will be reunited after World War II ends.
He's a decent guy and all, but he fools us into thinking there are no surprises left for us at the end. (38.1)īut, be careful not to trust Death too much. It's the machinations that wheel us there that aggravate, perplex, interest, and astound me. I don't have much interest in building mystery. Death is aware of his habit, and after revealing Rudy's imminent death, Death explains: Of course, he doesn't confine this to the boldfaced passages the novel is laced with it. (37.9)Īs in the example provided, these sections are used for a few of Death's favorite pastimes: foreshadowing and plot-spoiling. *** A SMALL ANNOUNCEMENT*** ABOUT RUDY STEINER He didn't deserve to die the way he did. The most obvious innovation (which some readers love and others can't stand) is narrator Death's use of boldface text to relay certain information, such as: The Book Thief features innovative stylistic techniques. Foreshadowing, Spoiling, Illustrated, A Book-Within-A Book-Within-A-Book
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