“She looks at the swings, and I can see she’s imagining what they’d look like if the kids weren’t there. The guilt of this holds her down momentarily. It appears to be there constantly. Never far away, despite her love for them.I realize that nothing belongs to her anymore and she belongs to everything.”

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About Markus Zusak

Australian-German writer

Markus Zusak is an Australian-German writer best known for the novels The Book Thief and The Messenger. His work has reached a wide international readership, and he won the Margaret Edwards Award in 2014. He is known above all for those two novels, which became international bestsellers. His writing is associated with fiction that has travelled well beyond his home audience.

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Books by Markus Zusak

The Book Thief

2013

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I Am the Messenger

2009

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Bridge of Clay

2018

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Getting the Girl

2013

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Fighting Ruben Wolfe

2002

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