Paperback, 215 pages
English language
Published Nov. 15, 2007 by Black Swan.
Nine-year--old Bruno knows nothing ofthe 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.
Pues... Me lo volví a leer y lo odié. Pensaba ponerle 2 estrellas porque la mecánica familiar me parecía curiosa y en algún momento me emocioné, pero después de comentar el libro con una amiga me di cuenta de que le tengo mucho asco y enfado.
first book read in German!
I couldn't help but project the thought of my boys onto little Bruno and see them in his place. Innocent and naive. Seems like we've always been trying to protect our kids from the harsh realities of the world for generations and not much has changed in that regard. Maybe protecting them is not the answer after all. It didn't help Bruno.
