They later discover the moving secret behind their father’s disappearance and one of the boys, Clay, will build a bridge for a miracle. The story is about five brothers, the Dunbar boys, who bring each other up in a world run by their own rules. We just have to write them and hope for the best. We can’t really know what strikes a chord with the readers, and that’s the beauty and mystery of books. What, according to you, made The Book Thief such a success?ĭeath narrating was a factor, and also the characters themselves. When I wrote The Book Thief, the test was that I thought no one would read it, and I had to ask myself, ‘Will you still write it?’ In the case of Bridge of Clay, I knew many people would read it, and I had to ask myself again, ‘If I could write it, exactly how it needed to be written?’ It was always my most ambitious book. I believe you’re always being tested as a writer.
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