Bruno doesn't know anything about the Final Solution,or the Holocaust. All he knows is that his family have moved from their home in Berlin to a desolate area, where there is no one to play with. Unitil he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the mysterious wire fence near Bruno’s new house, and who wears a uniform of striped pyjamas.
Bruno’s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation. And in exploring what he is unwrittingly a part of, he will inevitably be swept up in the evil around him.
A small wonder of a book... A particular historical moment that cannot be told too often。
GUARDIAN
An extraordinary tale of friendship and the horrors of war...Raw literary talent at its best.
IRISH INDEPENDENT