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  • The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

  • Written by: John Boyne
  • Narrated by: Michael Maloney
  • Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (71 ratings)

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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

Written by: John Boyne
Narrated by: Michael Maloney
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Publisher's Summary

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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its fantastic read

Its a fantastic read where you get all the effect of being outside the boundary and not knowing what is actually happening to jews.

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one of the best works

First of all the story is very very good and puts light on the fact that how terrible it can be when the tables are turned. I would request everybody to read this book. full stars to the narrator. it requires a certain level of talent, clarity and supreme level of patience to narrate books so well.

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Amazing book and beautiful narration.

Initially I wanted to read the book chapter by chapter by day. Now when I've finished the book at 3rd go, I can do nothing but appreciate the story and the narrator for holding me into this. I craved for this reading experience. WONDERFUL.

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Touching

Very unique story line, touching circumstances. Unfailingly brings out the “human instinct” in the reader. And compels one to think through about right vs wrong in a way that rarely is possible.

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engaging story , well narrated

Innocent kids in a horrible place at horrible time. Narrator has succeeded in creating a personality of the bubbly 9 year old. Special surprise of 'talk with the author' at the end.

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10 stars for the narrator ... nice and steady storyline ... bruno i m already missing you .. pls cone back if possible ..

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I'm not some who usually gives out 5 stars but ...

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wow. let me say it again, wow. I hadn't realised in a while how privileged I was and then I read the book. the book is so well written because it starts off normal, from a perspective of a little boy, who you think till a long time is "the boy in the striped pyjamas", and then picks up pace and intensity, and never stops. You begin to realise what it is about, but never realize where it's going to go, not till the very end, and the end... boy, did I cry... and think, and then overthink about it all, literally it all... life, humanity, existence and privilege. And if the writing isn't enough, the performance is unreal, you will feel like Bruno, the 9 year old, the little boy, and you will feel afraid when father speaks, and cared for when Maria does. this Audiobook is good, no, very good, and I highly recommend it.

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