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1. SUMMARY OF A CHAPTER.
There are a lot of good moments in this book. For example, when Bruno and Shmuel
realize that they share the same birthday or when Bruno and we know that they are
basically the same person born into different circumstances, one a Polish Jew, the other
a German.
There’s another good moment, when Bruno discover that Pavel, the man who takes care
of the house and the garden, is a Jewish doctor.
It’s difficult to choose only one chapter but I
think, one of the most interesting chapters is the
last one, Bruno is helping Shmuel to look for his
father and, as part of the adventure, he is wearing
a striped pyjama too. The boys are unable to
find him. Just as it starts to rain and get dark,
Bruno decides he would like to go home but in
that moment some soldiers take they and other
prisoners at a chamber.
Bruno assumed that it had something to do with keeping the rain out and stopping
people from catching colds.
Finally, Bruno is in the gas chamber holding Shmuel’s hand in his own and, literally,
“... nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let it go.”
2. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR.
John Boyne was born on April 30, in 1971
in Dublin. He is an Irish novelist. He was
educated at Trinity College in Dublin. When
he finished his studies at the College, he
went at the East Anglia University where he
studied Literature. Until he began to get
published, he works by night as a typist in a
book specialist established. Nowdays he lives
with his partner in Dublin.
John Boyne is the author of eight novels, as
well as a number of short stories. The most famous novel is “The boy in the striped
pyjamas.” which a film adaptation was released in september 2008. His work has been
translated into fourteen languages.
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Mr. Boyne has won many awards during his career. His most recent novel, “Noah
Barleywater Runs Away”, reached no.1 on the Irish Bestseller Chart in October 2010.
You can see more information about John Boyne clicking at this links:
http://www.johnboyne.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyne

2. 3. OPINIONS
“The Holocaust as a subject insists on respect, precludes criticims, prefers silence. One
thing is clear: this book will not go gently into any good night”
OBSERVER
“An extraordinary tale of friendship and the horrors of war... Raw literary talent at its
best”
IRISH INDEPENDENT
“A book that lingers in the mind for quite some time.. A subtle, calculatedly simple and
ultimately moving story”
IRISH TIMES
“Simply written and highly memorable. There are no monstrosities on the page but the
true horror is all the more potent for being implicit”
IRELAND ON SUNDAY
“Stays ahead of its readers before delivering its killer-punch final pages”
INDEPENDENT
“A small wonder of a book... A particular historical moment, one that cannot be told
too often”
GUARDIAN
CORRECTIONS
1. SUMMARY OF A CHAPTER.
There are a lot of good moments in this book. For example, when Bruno and Shmuel
realize that they share the same birthday or when Bruno and we know that they are
basically the same person born into different circumstances, one a Polish Jew, the other
a German.
There’s another good moment, when Bruno discovers that Pavel, the man who takes
care
of the house and the garden, is a Jewish doctor.
It’s difficult to choose only one chapter but I
think one of the most interesting chapters is the
last one, when Bruno is helping Shmuel to look for his
father and, as part of the adventure, he is wearing
striped pyjamas too. The boys are unable to
find him. Just as it starts to rain and get dark,
Bruno decides he would like to go home but at
that moment some soldiers take them and other
prisoners to a chamber.

3. Bruno assumed that it had something to do with keeping the rain out and stopping
people from catching colds.
Finally, Bruno is in the gas chamber holding Shmuel’s hand in his own and, literally,
“... nothing in the world would have persuaded him to let it go.”
2. BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR.
John Boyne was born on April 30, in 1971
in Dublin. He is an Irish novelist. He was
educated at Trinity College in Dublin. When
he finished his studies at the College, he
went to East Anglia University where he
studied Literature. Until he began to get
published, he worked at night as a typist in a
book specialist establishment. Nowadays he lives
with his partner in Dublin.
John Boyne is the author of eight novels, as
well as a number of short stories. The most famous novel is “The boy in the striped
pyjamas.” a film adaptation of which was released in September 2008. His work has
been translated into fourteen languages.
Mr. Boyne has won many awards during his career. His most recent novel, “Noah
Barleywater Runs Away”, reached no.1 on the Irish Bestseller Chart in October 2010.
You can see more information about John Boyne clicking on these links:
http://www.johnboyne.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Boyne
3. OPINIONS
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