The Book Thief (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 113 Ratings
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- $13.99
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- $13.99
Publisher Description
The extraordinary #1 International Bestseller - now a blockbuster film starring Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson.
It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.
By her brother’s graveside, Liesel’s life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Gravedigger’s Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor’s wife’s library, wherever there are books to be found.
But these are dangerous times. When Liesel’s foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel’s world is both opened up, and closed down.
Customer Reviews
Narration audio is poor
I second what another reviewer has stated. The narrator is difficult to understand and speaks far too softly - this, combined with the jarring accordion makes for an unenjoyable listening experience.
Audio version of this book is annoying
It didn’t take long for me to get sick of the accordion music at the end of each track (some of them were less than 5 minutes long!). I also found it difficult to hear/understand the narrator when he was Death (his voice was much softer than when reading other parts of a book).
It was also not useful listing all the chapters in each section.