It was in 2005 that Markus Zusak first published in Australia what in this country a year later was touted as a book for young people. “The Book Thief” proved to be remarkable, just plain remarkable. Its narrator is Death, who feels an immediate and benign kinship with some of the humans whose stories he retells. Of those humans and their stories, Death freely admits: “I have the endless ability to be in the right place at the right time. Matthew also remembers that Penelope would often tell Clay, “The world wanted him badly, but what she didn’t do was ask why.

Source: Daily Sun November 25, 2018 13:52 UTC