Markus Zusak

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors. 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...

Ed Kennedy is a nineteen-year-old cab driver who doesn't think much of his life. He inadvertently helps stop a bank robbery, and that is when his life starts to change. He begins to receive mysterious messages that instruct him to go to addresses where people need help. Ed becomes the messenger, but who is behind the messages?

"I︠A︡nvarʹ 1939 goda. Germanii︠a︡. Strana, zataivshai︠a︡ dykhanie. Nikogda eshche u smerti ne bylo stolʹko raboty. A budet eshche bolʹshe. Matʹ vezet devi︠a︡tiletni︠u︡i︠u︡ Lizelʹ Meminger i ee mladshego brata k priemnym roditeli︠a︡m pod Mi︠u︡nkhen, potomu chto ikh ott︠s︡a bolʹshe net - ego uneslo dykhaniem chuzhogo i strannogo slova "kommunist", i v glazakh materi devochka vidit strakh pered takoĭ zhe sudʹboĭ....

Trying to make sense of the horrors of World War II, Death relates the story of Liesel--a young German girl whose book-stealing and story-telling talents help sustain her family and the Jewish man they are hiding, as well as their neighbors.

Tired of being the underdog, Cameron Wolfe hungers to become something worthwhile and finally finds a girl with whom he can share his words and feelings--his popular brother Rube's ex-girlfriend.

"Tras más de diez años de espera, llega el nuevo libro de Markus Zusak, autor del gran fenómeno editorial La ladrona de libros. Más de diez años después de La ladrona de libros, el extraordinario bestseller que superó los diez millones de ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo, Zusak vuelve con una saga familiar inolvidable y arrolladora. Los cinco hermanos Dunbar viven en la indigencia de un hogar sin adultos cuidando los unos de los otros y...

The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...

"Mais de uma década após o sucesso de A menina que roubava livros, Markus Zusak traça a saga de uma família em busca de redenção. Se em A menina que roubava livros é a morte quem conta a história, em O construtor de pontes, novo romance de Markus Zusak, presente e passado se fundem na voz de outro narrador igualmente potente: Matthew, o filho mais velho da família Dunbar. Sentado na cozinha de casa diante de uma máquina de escrever antiga,...

The breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance. At the center of the Dunbar family is Clay, a boy who will build a bridge--for his family, for his past, for greatness, for his sins, for a miracle. The question is, how far is Clay willing to go? And how much...