It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. By her brother's graveside, Liesel Memingers life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook , left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down. The Book Thief is a story about the power of words and the ability of books to feed the soul. 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.

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馬剋斯·蘇薩剋（Markus Zusak）1975年齣生於悉尼，父母分彆為奧地利及德國後裔。他是當代澳大利亞小說界獲奬最多、著作最豐、讀者群最廣的作傢，迄今已齣版《輸傢》（The Underdog）、《與魯本·烏爾夫戰鬥》（Fighting Ruben Wolfe，美國圖書館協會青少年類最佳圖書）、《得到那女孩》（Getting the Girl）、《報信者》（I Am the Messenger，澳大利亞兒童圖書協會年度最佳圖書奬）。