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March 2012
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JOHN BOYNE The boy in the striped pyjamas ยบ
JOHN BOYNE (30 April 1971, Dublin, Ireland)
---------------------------------- BIOGRAPHY John Boyne was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1971, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.His early writing consisted mostly of short stories and he published a number of them. His first story, The Entertainments Jar, was shortlisted for the Hennessy Literary Award in Ireland. In total,he has published about 70 short stories. The boy in the striped pyjamas, was made into an award-winning Miramax film. The novel itself won 2 Irish Book Awards, the Bisto Book of the Year, and was shortlisted or won a host of international awards. Amongst other accolades, it spent more than 80 weeks at no.1 in Ireland, topped the New York Times Bestseller List, and was the bestselling book in Spain in both 2007 and 2008. Worldwide, it has sold more than 5 million copies. His novels are published in 44 languages. His eighth novel, Noah barleywater runs away, a book for younger readers, was published in October 2010 and reached no.1 on the Irish Bestseller Chart. It was also shortlisted for the Irish Book Awards Children’s Book of the Year.His most recent novel, The absolutist, was published in 2011.A new children’s book, The terrible thing that happened to Barnaby Brocket, will be published in the UK, Australia and Ireland in August 2012.
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NOVELS: The Thief of Time (2000) o The Congress of Rough Riders (2001) o Crippen (2004) o Next of Kin (2006) o Mutiny On The Bounty (2008) o The House of Special Purpose (2009) o The Absolutist (2011) o
NOVELS FOR YOUNGER READERS: The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas (2006) o Noah Barleywater Runs Away (2010) o The Terrible Thing That Happened To Barnaby Brocket (2012) o
----- The boy in the striped pyjamas (2006)
Young Bruno lives a wealthy lifestyle in prewar Germany along with his mother, elder sister, and SS Commandant father. When Bruno returns home from school one day, he discovers that his belongings are being packed in crates. His father has received a promotion command a prison camp and the family must move from their home to a new house far far away, where there is no one to play with and nothing to do. A tall fence running alongside stretches as far as the eye can see and cuts him off from the strange people he can see in the distance. A few days later, Bruno befriends another youth, strangely dressed in striped pajamas, named Shmuel who lives behind an electrified fence. Bruno will soon find out that he is not permitted to befriend his new friend as he is a Jew, and that the neighboring yard is actually a prison camp for Jews awaiting extermination. their meeting results in a friendship that has devastating consequences.