The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who 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. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. 《偷書賊》是本相當(dāng)推薦一看的小說,故事講述的是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,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,老師狠毒無情,戰(zhàn)火時時威脅人命。莉賽爾每晚抱著掘墓工人手冊入睡,惡夢不斷。養(yǎng)父為了讓她安眠,于是為她朗誦手冊內(nèi)容,并...The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that is now a major motion picture, Markus Zusak's unforgettable story is about the ability of books to feed the soul. It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still. Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who 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. In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time. 《偷書賊》是本相當(dāng)推薦一看的小說,故事講述的是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,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,老師狠毒無情,戰(zhàn)火時時威脅人命。莉賽爾每晚抱著掘墓工人手冊入睡,惡夢不斷。養(yǎng)父為了讓她安眠,于是為她朗誦手冊內(nèi)容,并開始教她識字。 學(xué)會認(rèn)字進(jìn)而開始讀書的莉賽爾,盡管生活艱苦,吃不飽穿不暖,卻發(fā)現(xiàn)了一項比食物更讓她難以抗拒的東西——書,她忍不住開始偷書,用偷來的書繼續(xù)學(xué)習(xí)認(rèn)字。從此莉賽爾進(jìn)入了文字的奇妙世界,讓她熬過了現(xiàn)實的苦難,也不可思議地幫助了周圍同樣承受苦難的人:讀書給躲在養(yǎng)父家地下室的猶太人聽,在空襲時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。 對照著戰(zhàn)場上萬人之間的爭奪殘殺,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)場上的靈魂,一面思索人性的深奧: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!人性怎能同時間如此光明,又如此邪惡!”(展開)