The Book Thief - Fiction 55

Set in Nazi Germany – a time and place where Death watches over Life, here is a tale of surrogate fears and childhood dreams. With her best friend’s help, Liesel consumes herself secretly in universe of books. And when her father hides a Jewish fist-fighter, Liesel saw the power of words to make or break a world.

(My) Viva La Vida

Hey ya'll,

this was my poem (:

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(My) Viva la vida

Screaming feet, canape breath,

Moments captured between whispers.

Having dreamt every moment over,

Enter bright lights and

Wild dreams.

Hush hush - once more, with feeling.

Profoundly alone in a room of strangers

Of webbed relationships

Lost memories and the

Utter desperation...

The utter desperation to be heard.

Comfort, conversations.

People, parallaxes.

Metro stations,

Across city spaces,

I'm still trying to find the thing that means the same.

Different air, different colours,

Different priorities, different ardours.

Screaming feet, caffeine-filled breath.

Moments captured between whispers.

Almost - just almost -

The same.

Prose - Recommended Reading for Students

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials Trilogy) - Pullman
The White Tiger - Aravind Adiga
Life of Pi - Yann Martel
Red Sky in the Morning
Danny the Champion of the World - Roald Dahl
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
The Importance of Being Earnest - Oscar Wilde
Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath
The Color Purple - Alice Walker
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night - Mark Haydon
Books by Catherine Lim
Harry Potter series - J K Rowling
Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
Alice in Wonderland - Lewis Carroll
1984 - George Orwell
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close - Jonathan Safran Foer
Never Let Me Go - Kazuo Ishiguro
The Book Thief - Markus Zuzak
Boy in Striped Pyjamas - John Boyne
The Great Gatsby - F Scott Fitzgerald
Catcher in the Rye - J D Salinger
Beloved - Toni Morrison
One Hundred Years of Solitude - Marquez