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Informationen zum Autor John Boyne is the author of thirteen novels for adults, six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. His 2006 novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been adapted for cinema, theatre, ballet and opera. His many international bestsellers include The Heart's Invisible Furies and A Ladder to the Sky . He has won three Irish Book Awards, along with a host of other international literary prizes. His novels are published in over fifty languages. Klappentext John Boyne (Author) John Boyne was born in Ireland in 1971. He is the author of eleven novels for adults! six for younger readers and a collection of short stories. Perhaps best known for his 2006 multi-award-winning book The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas ! John¿s other novels! notably The Absolutist and A History of Loneliness ! have been widely praised and are international bestsellers. Most recently! The Heart's Invisible Furies was a Richard & Judy Bookclub word-of-mouth bestseller! and A Ladder to the Sky was shortlisted for the Kerry Group Irish Novel of the Year Award in association with Listowel Writers¿ Week. His novels are published in over fifty languages. Zusammenfassung Brought to you by Penguin. Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . . . Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country. All he knows is that he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do and no one to play with. Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwittingly a part of, he will inevitably become subsumed by the terrible process. ...
