The Book Thief
What was the purpose of choosing death as the narrator?
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The author's own words on why Death was chosen as narrator;
The simple answer is that I thought of the expression that war and death are like best friends, so who better to tell a story set during World War II? After all, Death was everywhere during that time…
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