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CHICAGO — At home in Sydney, Australia, a few years ago Markus Zusak had a hard time believing anyone would read his forthcoming novel, “The Book Thief.”
“I always imagined people trying to recommend it and being asked what it’s about and saying: ‘It’s set in Nazi Germany. It’s narrated by Death. It’s 560 pages long. You’ll love it,’ ” he said.
-- Erik Piepenberg at The New York Times
Of course, it became a monster success, and now it is even adapted as a play. I still have not read it and still mean to. One hears so much about it.
“I always imagined people trying to recommend it and being asked what it’s about and saying: ‘It’s set in Nazi Germany. It’s narrated by Death. It’s 560 pages long. You’ll love it,’ ” he said.
-- Erik Piepenberg at The New York Times
Of course, it became a monster success, and now it is even adapted as a play. I still have not read it and still mean to. One hears so much about it.
