Marcus Zusak
Markus Zusak is the author of five books, including the international bestseller,
The Book Thief
, which spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, and is translated into more than forty languages – establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.
To date, Zusak has held the number one position at Amazon.com, Amazon.co.uk, the New York Times bestseller list, as well as in countries across South America, Europe and Asia.
His books,
The Underdog, Fighting Ruben Wolfe, When Dogs Cry
(also titled
Getting the Girl
),
The Messenger
(or
I am the Messenger
) and
The Book Thief
have been awarded numerous honours ranging from literary prizes to readers choice awards to prizes voted on by booksellers.
Zusak’s much-anticipated new novel,
Bridge of Clay
, is set for release in October 2018 in the USA, the UK and Australia, with foreign translations to follow.
“Много години по-късно трябваше да се крия.Опитвах се да не спя,защото се страхувах кой ще бъде там,когато се събудя.”
“It's much easier, she realized, to be on the verge of something than to actually be it.”
“People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations with each passing moment. A single hour can consist of thousands of different colors. Waxy yellows, cloud-spot blues. Murky darkness. In my line of work, I make it a point to notice them.”
“It was a Monday and they walked on a tightrope to the sun.”