Episode 1: The Books Thief

00:00:00 - Hi everybody, my name is Adrián César Rivas. My partner, Gael Torriano, Guadalama and I, will talk about the book titled The Book's Thief. Let's start talking about the author of this book.

00:00:12 - He is Marcus Zec. He was born on July 23rd, 1975, in Sydney, Australia. Well, Gael, what can you tell us about the author? Well, I can tell you that the author had two great storytellers in his family, his mother and his father, who told him great stories since he was little. Thanks to this, the author has had a prolific career. He decided to write this book thanks to his parents who were of German nationality. This was his greatest inspiration. In addition, due to the great interest he had in the events of the Second

00:00:44 - World War, he decided to make them known in this book. And now that we know a bit more about Marcus, why don't you tell us some facts about that book at the end?

00:00:54 - Well, I can't tell you that the book, Steve, is based in Nazi Germany during World War II.

00:00:59 - It covers the era of the avant-garde, because it presents two sides, the Nazi Party and the second made up of Jews, non-Germans, and Communists.

00:01:08 - Also, some parts of the novel were inspired by Susak's party's experience, Marcus said.

00:01:14 - One of my mom's stories was about something that happened when she was six.

00:01:19 - She heard a noise that sounded like cattle being herded down the street.

00:01:23 - It was people being herded to a concentration camp.

00:01:26 - There was an old man who couldn't keep up, and a boy gave him a piece of bread.

00:01:31 - They were both whipped, one for giving the bread and one for taking it.

00:01:36 - When you see a soldier chase a boy down and beat him to the ground for being kind to somebody, when you see that in your seats, what could you possibly make for that?

00:01:46 - That story was his principal inspiration.

00:01:50 - And now, the best of all, the blood of the story.

00:01:53 - Gael, can you tell us what the story is about?

00:01:57 - Of course, the story is about Liesl Mementer, a protagonist who was adopted by Rosanne Hans

00:02:03 - Hübemann in a very important city in Germany, Munich.

00:02:07 - Here she met her best friend Rudi Steiner.

00:02:10 - Liesl was not allowed to read and due to her red interest in books throughout history, started learning how to read, and at the same time started questioning her German principles.

00:02:21 - In the development of the story, it is revealed that the figure considered books a literary pollution, which is why he burned them in order to disappear knowledge and ensured that the German population did not question his ideas. In addition, a Jewish refugee arrives at the house of our protagonist. His name was Max Bandepo, who would later become someone close to Liesl. So well, if this has not been enough to convince those who listen to us, tell us at the end. Why people should read this novel?

00:02:53 - Of course Gael. You should read this novel because it explains what happened in small cities of Germany during World War 2 and also because you will be transported to the setting and you will feel how people lived in the world too. You will feel as a character of the novel.

00:03:13 - Well, we hope we have motivated you to read this amazing book.

00:03:17 - Thanks for listening, dear audience. That's all for today. Bye!