John Boyne

Quando Pierrot fica órfão, precisa ir embora de sua casa em Paris para começar uma nova vida com sua tia Beatrix, governanta de um casarão no topo das montanhas alemãs. Mas essa não é uma época qualquer: estamos em 1935, e a Segunda Guerra Mundial se aproxima. E esse não é um casarão...

Can one rash decision prove the difference between a life well lived and a life destroyed? When the Marquess of Queensberry left his calling card at the Albemarle Club in February 1895, it bore only his name and five words: “For Oscar Wilde, posing somdomite.” The most celebrated playwright...

Sam conoce a su hermana Jessica de toda la vida, pero hoy se encontrarán por primera vez....

Comment vivre en étant la fille d’un bourreau nazi ? Comment construire une vie d’adulte fondée sur le mensonge ? John Boyne dresse un portrait de femme...

Un relato sincero y profundo sobre la Irlanda de posguerra y la lucha desesperada de un hombre por encontrar su lugar en el mundo, del autor de El niño con el pijama de rayas....

Boyne mantiene vivo el interés hasta las últimas páginas, en las que un inesperado desenlace dejará, una vez más, una profunda huella en los lectores....

Una historia conmovedora sobre una anciana que debe enfrentarse a su terrible pasado....

Die lang erwartete Fortsetzung des Weltbestsellers »Der Junge im gestreiften Pyjama« 1946. Drei Jahre nach dem katastrophalen Ereignis, das ihre Familie zerriss, fliehen eine Mutter und ihre Tochter von Polen nach Paris. Blind vor Sorge und Schuldgefühlen begreifen sie nicht, wie schwer es...

“You can’t prepare yourself for the magnitude and emotional impact of this powerful novel.” —John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The World According to Garp “Exceptional, layered and compelling…This book moves like a freight train.” —Amy Bloom, New York Times...

The Boy at the Top of the Mountain by John Boyne, the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, is another extraordinary historical fiction about World War II and innocence in the face of evil. When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his aunt Beatrix...

Boyne nos hace reflexionar, a través de los ojos de un niño, sobre la fragilidad de la juventud, la atracción del poder, y la culpa....

Als Pierrot seine Eltern verliert, muss er Paris verlassen und ein neues Leben bei seiner Tante beginnen...

Berlin 1942: Als Bruno eines Tages nach Hause kommt, werden gerade alle seine Habseligkeiten in Kisten verpackt...

Aunque el uso habitual de un texto como éste es describir las características de la obra, por una vez nos tomaremos la libertad de hacer una excepción a la norma establecida. No sólo porque el libro que tienes en tus manos es muy difícil de definir....

John Boyne erzählt die wahre Geschichte der Meuterei auf der Bounty Meuterei auf der Bounty? Die Geschichte kennt man doch: Jähzorniger Kapitän quält tapfere Mannschaft, bis diese sich wehrt. Oder? - John Boyne erzählt eine andere Geschichte. Sein Kapitän Bligh ist ehrgeizig, aber auch...

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Eight-year-old Noah's problems seem easier to deal with if he doesn't think about them. So he runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long, he comes across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop: it's a toyshop, full of the most amazing toys, and brimming with the most...

The next work of historical fiction from the author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, John Boyne's Stay Where You Are and Then Leave is a touching look at the effects war has on a family. The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to...

From bestselling author John Boyne, a gripping and profound exploration of guilt, blame, trauma, and the human capacity for redemption. This program features multicast narration. In The Elements, acclaimed Irish novelist John Boyne has created an epic saga that weaves together four...

Was, wenn die Schuld bestimmt, wer wir sind? – John Boynes »Die Elemente« Als Chirurgin an einer Londoner Klinik rettet Freya täglich Leben. Die Spezialistin für Hauttransplantationen hilft Brandopfern, engagiert sich für Nachwuchsmediziner und genießt ihren gesellschaftlichen Status...