Thijs Wagelaar

Christoph begins his year of civil service at a nursing home as the personal caretaker for 28-year-old Sven. The seriously ill young man is suffering from muscular dystrophy and his nursing room has become his own little microcosm which he has been sovereignly controlling for years.

La novela de 550 páginas de la Segunda Guerra Mundial, narrada por la muerte, cuenta la historia de Liesel Memminger desde el momento en que es acogida con nueve años por una familia trabajadora alemana en el barrio obrero justo después de haber robado su primer libro.