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  • By: John Boyne
  • Narrated by: Michael Maloney
  • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (177 ratings)

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

By: John Boyne
Narrated by: Michael Maloney
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What happens when innocence is confronted by monstrous evil?

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.

©2016 John Boyce (P)2016 Random House AudioBooks

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A Deeply Moving Fable

I listened to this audio book in one sitting after my grandson (age 11) had been given it to read at school and was very distressed by it.
I grew up in Germany post WWll, with my father being in the British Army and occupying there, wives and families were accommodated there too. My father had been one of the original troops who liberated Bergen-Belsen, and at age 8, I overheard his distress and anger, and observed his out-of-character anger towards the German population at the time. So this book was a poignant reminder of my own loss of innocence at that dreadful time in history.

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Worthy

Absolutely loved this voice! The best I have heard so far. The story was wonderful and short enough to listen in one day.

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The naivety of innocence

An amazing story that reflects the naïveté of innocence in children, or perhaps the refusal to admit reality in adults.
Well written and narrated, a story that really captures the imagination and compels thought. Loved it!

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Wonderfully crafted

This book took me by on a most memorable and poignant journey. The narration was superb and I’m eager to listen to the next book in the series. Highly recommended.

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Brilliantly powerful

I love the innocence and ignorance of a child of the times unaffected by the holocaust. It shows how hatred is a learned trait among humans. The final statement in the book was a perfect way to end. So powerful.

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Frustrating

It never occurred to him to tell his happy go lucky, blissfully ignorant friend what was happening?

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A story for all generations

An extraordinarily powerful piece of writing recounting the nazi prison camp story of WW2.
The narrator was brilliant.

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Devastatingly innocent

I’m so late to this story, but now I want to wrap it up very carefully and put it somewhere safe within my heart.

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Such a great novel

Great story and well narrated. I love this book. Highly recommend. 4 more words required.

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It is such a moving story

We loved it. The story is so sad but so real. this is a good book for a road trip and we will read again.

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