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Book Description:
It's just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....
Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak's groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can't resist-books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement before he is marched to Dachau.
This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
中文簡(jiǎn)介：
9歲小女孩莉賽爾和弟弟在戰(zhàn)亂中被迫送到寄養(yǎng)家庭，但弟弟不幸死在旅途中，莉賽爾在弟弟冷清的喪禮后偷了一本掘墓工人的手冊(cè)，為的是要紀(jì)念自己永遠(yuǎn)失去的家庭。
寄養(yǎng)家庭位在慕尼黑凋蔽貧困的區(qū)域，大人彼此仇恨咒罵，老師狠毒無(wú)情，戰(zhàn)火時(shí)時(shí)威脅人命。莉賽爾每晚抱著掘墓工人手冊(cè)入睡，惡夢(mèng)不斷。養(yǎng)父為了讓她安眠，于是為她朗誦手冊(cè)內(nèi)容，并開(kāi)始教她識(shí)字。
學(xué)會(huì)認(rèn)字進(jìn)而開(kāi)始讀書(shū)的莉賽爾，盡管生活艱苦，吃不飽穿不暖，卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了一項(xiàng)比食物更讓她難以抗拒的東西——書(shū)，她忍不住開(kāi)始偷書(shū)，用偷來(lái)的書(shū)繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)認(rèn)字。從此莉賽爾進(jìn)入了文字的奇妙世界，讓她熬過(guò)了現(xiàn)實(shí)的苦難，也不可思議地幫助了周圍同樣承受苦難的人：讀書(shū)給躲在養(yǎng)父家地下室的猶太人聽(tīng)，在空襲時(shí)為躲入防空洞中的街坊鄰居朗讀故事，安慰了每顆惶惶不安的心，潛移默化改變了原本粗鄙的性情。
對(duì)照著戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上萬(wàn)人之間的爭(zhēng)奪殘殺，莉賽爾藉由閱讀與文字所散發(fā)的力量，讓死神驚訝地睜大了眼睛，一面收取戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)上的靈魂，一面思索人性的深?yuàn)W：為什么人類一面展現(xiàn)殘酷的殺戮，一面又有發(fā)自內(nèi)心的關(guān)愛(ài)呢？
多年以后，死神前去迎接莉賽爾的靈魂。死神坐在喧囂的大馬路旁，忍不住感嘆道：“人哪！人性縈繞我的心頭不去！人性怎能同時(shí)間如此光明，又如此邪惡！”
About Author:
Australian author Markus Zusak was born in Sydney in 1975, At the age of 30, Zusak has considered as one of today's most innovative and poetic novelists. With the publication of The Book Thief, he is now being dubbed a 'literary phenomenon' by Australian and U.S. critics. Zusak is the award-winning author of four previous books for young adults: The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, Getting the Girl, and I Am the Messenger, recipient of a 2006 Printz Honor for excellence in young adult literature. He lives in Sydney.
馬克斯·蘇薩克，1975年出生于悉尼，30歲時(shí)已成為當(dāng)代澳大利亞文學(xué)界獲獎(jiǎng)最多、著作最豐、讀者群最廣的作家。迄今已出版：《輸家》（The Urlderdog）、《與魯本·烏爾夫戰(zhàn)斗》（The Figtlting RLJberl Wolfe，美國(guó)圖書(shū)館協(xié)會(huì)青少年類最佳圖書(shū)）、《得到那女孩》（Gettinlg the Girl）、《報(bào)信者》（I Am theMessenger，澳大利亞兒童圖書(shū)協(xié)會(huì)年度最佳圖書(shū)獎(jiǎng)）。
伴隨著《偷書(shū)人》的出版，他被澳大利亞和美國(guó)的評(píng)論家稱之為“文學(xué)現(xiàn)象”。
(改編自金路堂網(wǎng)絡(luò)書(shū)店）
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