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Friday, October 9, 2015

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Zusak, Markus. 2012. The Book Thief. London: Definitions.
Rating 5 bintang
The Book Thief

“Hard times were coming. Like a parade.”

Saya, terus terang saja, bukan orang yang pengetahuan sejarahnya kuat. Baik sejarah nasional maupun internasional. Makanya, saya cenderung menghindari novel-novel dengan genre fiksi-sejarah (historical-fiction). Takutnya pemahaman sejarah saya (yang miskin itu) jadi campur aduk dengan fiksi di novel tersebut. Karena saya enggak yakin akan bisa membedakan mana yang fiktif, mana yang fakta sejarah. Nah, dengan kewaswasan itulah saya memulai The Book Thief-nya Markus Zusak yang masyhur ini.

Yah, sebenarnya sih saya awalnya enggak tahu kalau ini novel fiksi-sejarah. Bagian belakang buku ini enggak membeberkan apapun (sudah seharusnya begitu). Dan saya juga sengaja enggak nonton filmnya dulu sebelum saya baca bukunya. Saya tahu ini fiksi-sejarah setelah baca beberapa halaman pertama. Ternyata ini fiksi dengan latar belakang Nazi Jerman di bawah otoritas Hitler. Ih, kedengarannya membosankan.

Versi Bahasa Inggris yang saya baca terdiri dari 584 halaman. Dan setiap lembarnya menakjubkan. Saya enggak bermaksud memuji berlebih-lebihan. Tapi, saya rasa saya belum pernah membaca buku yang lebih cerdas dan lebih indah dari The Book Thief. Benar-benar suatu pengalaman membaca yang memuaskan!

The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

Zusak, Markus. 2012. The Book Thief. London: Definitions.
Rating 5 stars

The Book Thief
“Hard times were coming. Like a parade.”

Honestly, I’m not that kind of girl with strong knowledge in history. Whether in national or international history. Therefore, I usually steer away from historical-fiction novel. I’m afraid that my already-poor history knowledge will mix up with the fiction in those novels. Because I’m not sure I can differentiate which thing is fictive, which thing is historical fact. So, I started Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief on that wary note.

Well, at first I didn’t actually know that this is a historical-fiction novel. The back cover of the book doesn’t give away much (as it should). And I also intentionally didn’t watch its movie before I could finish the book. I noticed it is a historical-fiction after I read some first pages. Apparently this is a fiction novel set in Nazi German under Hitler’s authority. Sounds horribly boring.

The English version that I have consists of 584 pages… of pure awesomeness. I don’t want to sound like I over-praise it. But really though, I guess I never read a book cleverer and more beautiful than The Book Thief. It really was one satisfying reading experience!


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