A little while ago I made a conscious decision to read more books that were considered to be proper literature. I started with The Book Thief, simply because it was on the counter at Waterstones when I was buying something else (see marketing works!). It is the story of a young girl in Nazi Germany, and is narrated by Death, who meets her a number of times, but does not take her. I'm not going to say too much about what happens in the book itself as I don't want to spoil it, but I will say I am very glad I read it. As you would expect from a book about Nazi Germany from the point of view of Death himself it is not a happy story, but it is uplifting at times, and overall life affirming. I can fully see why this book won the awards it did, and would thoroughly recommend it to anyone who enjoys reading. Rocketman
Re: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak A good book - have if for our ladies book (wine and gossip) club this month so will be re-reading it. I can recommend Michel Faber's "Under the Skin" but read it before you are tempted by the Scarlett Johansson film version I suspect!
Re: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak [quote author=drjs@5 link=topic=539.msg2814#msg2814 date=1342043306] I can recommend Michel Faber's "Under the Skin" but read it before you are tempted by the Scarlett Johansson film version I suspect! [/quote] I'll check it out. Thanks!
Re: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak Agree - an unbelievable book, but not for the squeamish!! One you wont forget in a hurry. I can thoroughly recommend John Lanchester's 'Capital' - especially for anyone living in or around London. And I have also just finished Geoffrey Eugenides 'The Marriage Plot', which I also enjoyed, and Iain Banks' 'Stonemouth', also well worth reading. Now however I am back at work after the holidays, and slowing down on the reading. I have Hilary Mantel's 'Bring out the bodies' (follow-up to 'Wolf Hall'), which I am looking forward to getting stuck into this weekend!
