The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
by John Boyne | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0552773808 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0552773808 Global Overview for this book
Registered by shimi of Nordre Aker bydel, Oslo fylke Norway on 8/5/2010
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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. (from amazon.co.uk)
I had high expectations to this book, and after reading it I'm unfortunately not convinced. I guess I expect a well-researched and realistic book when the setting is WW2, and I just don't believe in this story. I guess not everyone can give raving reviews... :)
I had high expectations to this book, and after reading it I'm unfortunately not convinced. I guess I expect a well-researched and realistic book when the setting is WW2, and I just don't believe in this story. I guess not everyone can give raving reviews... :)
Journal Entry 2 by shimi at -- Et ukjent sted i Oslo in -- wild release somewhere in Oslo, Oslo fylke Norway on Thursday, August 19, 2010
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