by John Boyne · Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783596806836
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«Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH in paperback (269 pages, in German).
Bruno, a nine-year-old boy, moves with his family to an isolated house next to a concentration camp. From his naive perspective, he sees the prisoners in striped pajamas and befriends Shmuel, a boy his age on the other side of the fence. Their friendship grows without Bruno understanding the reality of the camp.
German translation by Brigitte Jakobeit from the original English «The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas». It is the first title in the series of the same name.
Recommended for young readers aged 13 and over and for reading clubs working on historical fiction set in the Second World War.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
