tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924088.post1363874243399751106..comments2023-10-21T07:40:17.563-07:00Comments on Friends of African Village Libraries: The Book Thief, by Markus ZusakAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06476027293378732577noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924088.post-30646518480123637672009-06-28T23:32:41.586-07:002009-06-28T23:32:41.586-07:00For the Reading West Africa students you also migh...For the Reading West Africa students you also might suggest The Book That Changed My Life (71 writers celebrate books that matter most to them), Reading Lolita in Tehran and Balzac & the Little Chinese Seamstress.Teresanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924088.post-36269659659936105152009-06-19T01:37:28.653-07:002009-06-19T01:37:28.653-07:00How on earth is it possible that there is a copy o...How on earth is it possible that there is a copy of The Book Thief in Accra ;-)<br />Reminds me of the famous Abbie Hoffman book, Steal This Book.<br />Yes, a difficult read. But I saw lots of parallels to growing up in a typical rural village in places like Burkina or northern Ghana... the everydayness of death, for children, the hunger, the caring and kindness, etc.<br />MAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06476027293378732577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34924088.post-6355271351897504902009-06-19T01:29:48.179-07:002009-06-19T01:29:48.179-07:00I picked up a copy from a local bookshop here in A...I picked up a copy from a local bookshop here in Accra, well before I realised how "popular"/well reviewed it was. It isn't a particularly easy read, but I did like it.Ninahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06522760773005391781noreply@blogger.com