by John Boyne · Ediciones Salamandra · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788498388329
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«El niño en la cima de la montaña» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Ediciones Salamandra in paperback (256 pages, in Spanish).
Paris, 1935: Pierrot, a boy with a German father and a French mother, is orphaned and moves with his aunt Beatrix, housekeeper of the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's residence in the Bavarian Alps. In this environment as seductive as it is dangerous, and as war looms, the boy finds himself trapped in a world where innocence has no place.
Originally published as The Boy at the Top of the Mountain, it is part of the Salamandra Bolsillo collection (no. 220) and won the Buxtehuder Bulle prize in 2017.
For young readers and fans of historical fiction set during World War II.
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.
