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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.
中文简介：
9岁小女孩莉赛尔和弟弟在战乱中被迫送到寄养家庭，但弟弟不幸死在旅途中，莉赛尔在弟弟冷清的丧礼后偷了一本掘墓工人的手册，为的是要纪念自己永远失去的家庭。
寄养家庭位在慕尼黑凋蔽贫困的区域，大人彼此仇恨咒骂，老师狠毒无情，战火时时威胁人命。莉赛尔每晚抱着掘墓工人手册入睡，恶梦不断。养父为了让她安眠，于是为她朗诵手册内容，并开始教她识字。
学会认字进而开始读书的莉赛尔，尽管生活艰苦，吃不饱穿不暖，却发现了一项比食物更让她难以抗拒的东西——书，她忍不住开始偷书，用偷来的书继续学习认字。从此莉赛尔进入了文字的奇妙世界，让她熬过了现实的苦难，也不可思议地帮助了周围同样承受苦难的人：读书给躲在养父家地下室的犹太人听，在空袭时为躲入防空洞中的街坊邻居朗读故事，安慰了每颗惶惶不安的心，潜移默化改变了原本粗鄙的性情。
对照着战场上万人之间的争夺残杀，莉赛尔藉由阅读与文字所散发的力量，让死神惊讶地睁大了眼睛，一面收取战场上的灵魂，一面思索人性的深奥：为什么人类一面展现残酷的杀戮，一面又有发自内心的关爱呢？
多年以后，死神前去迎接莉赛尔的灵魂。死神坐在喧嚣的大马路旁，忍不住感叹道：“人哪！人性萦绕我的心头不去！人性怎能同时间如此光明，又如此邪恶！”
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.
马克斯·苏萨克，1975年出生于悉尼，30岁时已成为当代澳大利亚文学界获奖最多、著作最丰、读者群最广的作家。迄今已出版：《输家》（The Urlderdog）、《与鲁本·乌尔夫战斗》（The Figtlting RLJberl Wolfe，美国图书馆协会青少年类最佳图书）、《得到那女孩》（Gettinlg the Girl）、《报信者》（I Am theMessenger，澳大利亚儿童图书协会年度最佳图书奖）。
伴随着《偷书人》的出版，他被澳大利亚和美国的评论家称之为“文学现象”。
(改编自金路堂网络书店）
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