![]() ![]() To date, Zusak has held the number one position at, .uk, the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia. ![]() Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller, The Book Thief, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages – establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia. Now a major film from Twentieth-Century Fox starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. wherever there are books to be found.īut these are dangerous times, and when Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, nothing will ever be the same again. So begins Liesel's love affair with books and words, and soon she is stealing from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and this is her first act of book thievery. Death has never been busier - and will become busier still.īy her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed forever when she picks up a single object, abandoned in the snow. In Nazi Germany, the country is holding its breath. SPECIAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION with exclusive extra behind-the-scenes material from the author ![]()
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