About the Book
An unforgettable and sweeping family saga from the author of "The Book Thief"--the breathtaking story of five brothers who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. As the Dunbar boys love and fight and learn to reckon with the adult world, they discover the moving secret behind their father's disappearance.Book Synopsis
The unforgettable, New York Times bestselling family saga from Markus Zusak, the storyteller who gave us the extraordinary bestseller THE BOOK THIEF, lauded by the New York Times as the kind of book that can be life-changing. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY - THE WALL STREET JOURNAL One of those monumental books that can draw you across space and time into another family's experience in the most profound way. --The Washington Post Mystical and loaded with heart, it's another gorgeous tearjerker from a rising master of them. --Entertainment WeeklyReview Quotes
"This book is a stunner. Devastating, demanding and deeply moving, Bridge of Clay unspools like a kind of magic act in reverse, with feats of narrative legerdemain concealed by misdirection that all make sense only when the elements of the trick are finally laid out." --Wall Street Journal Markus Zusak crafts an unforgettable saga. --US Weekly In a complex narrative that leaps through time and place and across oceans, Zusak paints a vivid portrait of the brothers trying to regain their balance by keeping their family's story alive. --Time "It blew me away." --Jodi Picoult, bestselling author of A Spark of Light and Small Great Things "A captivating book with a mighty, fearless heart, BRIDGE OF CLAY is filled with characters to believe in and care about ... achingly moving, delightfully funny, and thoroughly uplifting." --M. L. Stedman, bestselling author of The Light Between Oceans "If The Book Thief was a novel that allowed Death to steal the show . . . [its] brilliantly illuminated follow-up is affirmatively full of life." --The Guardian "Warm and heartfelt. . . . This is a tale of love, art and redemption; rowdy and joyous, with flashes of wit and insight, and ultimately moving." Times of London With heft and historical scope, Zusak creates a sensitively rendered tale of loss, grief, and guilt's manifestations. --Publishers Weekly, starred reviewAbout The Author
Markus Zusak is the international bestselling author of six novels, including The Book Thief and most recently, Bridge of Clay. His work is translated into more than forty languages, and has spent more than a decade on the New York Times bestseller list, establishing Zusak as one of the most successful authors to come out of Australia.