Zusak Markus: Kradljivica knjiga

Markus Zusak: The Book Thief

A unique story about love and death, a work that has delighted readers all over the world since its publication.

The story from 1939 and Nazi-ruled Germany is told by Death itself. The mother is forced to entrust the girl Liesel and her younger brother to foster parents, and when Liesel's brother dies on the way to their new home, the girl finds a book on his grave with which she will learn to read and which will change her life.

This is the beginning of a story that explores the power of words: their power to inspire, destroy, but also heal. Quenching her thirst for reading, Liesel becomes a book thief by rescuing them from the pyre, hiding them, reading...

The novel about the little girl and Death is a saga about hope and beauty that survives in the midst of horror and sadness, deservedly celebrated as a work to be remembered.

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak has been translated into more than 40 languages ​​and sold millions of copies worldwide. Based on the award-winning novel by the Australian writer, a big movie hit directed by Brian Percival was made.

"The kind of book that can change your life." - The New York Times

"A magnificent book that you will recommend to everyone you meet." - Herald Sun

"Elegant and poignant… Beautiful and important." - Kirkus Reviews

"Wonderfully balanced storytelling. The Book Thief is a novel of stunning momentum, masterfully told." - The Guardian

"A book that deserves a place alongside Anne Frank's Diary and Elie Wiesel's Night. It seems destined to become a classic." - USA Today

"A comprehensive, poetic and beautifully crafted story." - The Daily Telegraph

Markus Zusak is an award-winning Australian writer born in 1975 in Sydney to a family of immigrants from Austria and Germany. He started writing in high school, and in 1999 he published his debut novel The Underdog, the first part of a trilogy for young people about the brothers from the working-class Wolfe family.
The sequels to the trilogy followed: Fighting Ruben Wolfe and When Dogs Cry, and the saga inspired by the growing up of the author and his brother won over readers and critics. Critical praise, as well as awards, followed the author's fourth novel, the story of an underage taxi driver, Ja sam glasnik.
But Kradljivica knjiga (2005) brought him world fame. Shortly after its publication, the novel became a bestseller, translated all over the world. The Book Thief, greeted with unanimous critical acclaim, spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list alone. In 2013, the novel was made into a film produced by Twentieth Century Fox, starring Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson and Sophie Nélisse.
In 2018, after a thirteen-year hiatus, Markus Zusak published his sixth novel Bridge of Clay.