When this book was recommended to me as part of a flash mob, I was pretty skeptical of the recommendation. The title itself, The Book Thief, didn't seem to bode well. I was wrong, and this is one case where it gives me pleasure to admit that I was wrong. From the first pages, the book gripped me. And it's not about a thrilling plot or crazy action. On the contrary, the narration is quiet and measured. The author absolutely amazingly immerses the reader in reality, so alien and unfamiliar, but so fascinatingly colorful. At some point, it seems that you are looking at the events through the eyes of the narrator, which is all the more strange, since the narration is conducted on behalf of Death. It is amazing to realize that death could be described in a new way, that you could give it a heart and soul.
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.
Sitting down to write a review, I came to the conclusion that I have a very poor vocabulary, as I could not find words to describe my feelings and emotions. To say that the novel is sad or sad - means to say nothing. How can I find words for the heaviness that lay on my soul, on the last chapters of this book?
I will try to tell in a nutshell about the plot of the novel. It is the story of a German girl, told by death. Little Liesel experiences on 557 pages of the book so much that hardly anyone can survive. There is joy, love for people and books, and of course there is death, or rather a lot of work for death. This is Nazi Germany from the inside, the pain, tears and death of the people who lived in it. People alien to their country, doomed to starvation and death, just for being Jews. Bombings and dust standing up to the sky after the destruction of German neighborhoods.
Surprisingly colorful style of the author outlined his novel, such colors do not meet in ordinary life, and perhaps not everyone is able to see them. It is amazing how unusual it is possible to describe familiar things in familiar words:
...the Führer decided that he would conquer the world with words.....
But he was not reckless, not at all. We must give him credit for that at least. He wasn't stupid at all. To launch his offensive, he planned to plant words in his country wherever he could.
He planted them day and night, tended them.
He watched them grow - and then one day dense forests of words rumbled all over Germany... It became a country of nurtured thoughts.
This book was recommended to me under item "1. A book that made you cry." Pure truth, from the first word to the last. I didn't cry, not because I didn't want to, I just couldn't.
He did something to me, that boy. He does every time. That's the only harm he does. He steps on my heart. He makes me cry.
Here the author, with the last few chapters stepped on my heart, I would even say he stomped on it. It felt like I was seeing death take everything the little book thief once had.
I dare say this book is the best thing I've read in a while.
I honestly don't know if I can reread this book, but I know for sure that its mark will remain in my soul.
Despite the fact that I have expressed my emotions somewhat summarized, I will recommend this book to everyone, it will surely touch you for the deepest strings of your soul.
You can purchase "The Book Thief" at Amazon
This article was sponsored by Olga Prolagayeva.
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