Boy In The Striped Pajamas, The

Type

Book

Authors

John Boyne

ISBN 10

1862305277

ISBN 13

9781862305274

Tags

anglais, english, novel, nazi, WWII, Germany, Jewish, Concentration Camp, World War 2, history, historical fiction

Abstract

Bruno is nine years old, and the Nazis’ horrific Final Solution to the “Jewish Problem” means nothing to him. He's completely unaware of the barbarity of Germany under Hitler, and is more concerned by his move from his well-appointed house in Berlin to a far less salubrious area where he finds himself with nothing to do. Then he meets a boy called Shmuel who lives a very different life from him -- a life on the opposite side of a wire fence. And Shmuel is the eponymous boy in the striped pyjamas, as are all the other people on the other side of the fence. The friendship between the two boys begins to grow, but for Bruno it is a journey from blissful ignorance to a painful knowledge. And he will find that this learning process carries, for him, a daunting price.

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