The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
ISBN# 9780375842207
"It's probably fair to say that in all the years of Hitler's reign, no person was able to serve the Fuhrer as loyally as me. A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human hear tis a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same thing can be both. Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die." Pg 401
Brilliant book! I had no idea for quite some time who was narrating this book and when I thought I figured it out, I simultaneously thought I was wrong. Brilliant perspective.
The 'The Book Thief' was a book I automatically connected with due to my deep desire to devour words and the voyeur in me who want to peek into another world. It appeals immediately, if only in name, to book lovers. It does not disappoint. I did find my usual pace slowed a bit with this book, for several reasons but mostly because it is set in Nazi Germany and deals with issues of the Holocaust. In some ways I was almost fearful of what might unfold. Timid to hear some horror and have its words amassed as a picture in my head. So I picked it up and put it down, reading it over the course of a few months. Each time it sucked me right back in and was well worth the journey! It is a sad story, but I think reflecting back on it, it is a story of life. Life is the good, bad and ugly, brutal and beautiful. I think Markus Zusak captures this thought line brilliantly!
Ps. I love picking a qoute I feel encapsulates the book and love the one I found. I don't think it gives anything away, my apologies if it does.
Markus Zusak
ISBN# 9780375842207
"It's probably fair to say that in all the years of Hitler's reign, no person was able to serve the Fuhrer as loyally as me. A human doesn't have a heart like mine. The human hear tis a line, whereas my own is a circle, and I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. The consequence of this is that I'm always finding humans at their best and worst. I see their ugly and their beauty and I wonder how the same thing can be both. Still, they have one thing I envy. Humans, if nothing else, have the good sense to die." Pg 401
Brilliant book! I had no idea for quite some time who was narrating this book and when I thought I figured it out, I simultaneously thought I was wrong. Brilliant perspective.
The 'The Book Thief' was a book I automatically connected with due to my deep desire to devour words and the voyeur in me who want to peek into another world. It appeals immediately, if only in name, to book lovers. It does not disappoint. I did find my usual pace slowed a bit with this book, for several reasons but mostly because it is set in Nazi Germany and deals with issues of the Holocaust. In some ways I was almost fearful of what might unfold. Timid to hear some horror and have its words amassed as a picture in my head. So I picked it up and put it down, reading it over the course of a few months. Each time it sucked me right back in and was well worth the journey! It is a sad story, but I think reflecting back on it, it is a story of life. Life is the good, bad and ugly, brutal and beautiful. I think Markus Zusak captures this thought line brilliantly!
Ps. I love picking a qoute I feel encapsulates the book and love the one I found. I don't think it gives anything away, my apologies if it does.
