Ep 276 - The Book Thief, by Markus Zusak
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English - December 18, 2017 11:00 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 2.1K ratingsBooks Arts Comedy books comedy literature podcasts craig getting andrew cunningham Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Markus Zusak's breakthrough novel The Book Thief is the story of a young girl in 1940s Germany told by Death itself. It is equal parts heartening and heartbreaking in its depiction of people just trying to live, and it doesn't shy away from showing how "just trying to live" can create a slippery moral slope.
Talking points include Star Wars "spoilers," other books that Death should narrate, the power of literature, and Oscar-bait WW2 stories.
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