Le garçon en pyjama rayé

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John Boyne, Catherine Gibert: Le garçon en pyjama rayé (Paperback, 2009, GALLIMARD JEUNE)

Livre broché, 192 pages

Publié 27 août 2009 par GALLIMARD JEUNE.

ISBN :
978-2-07-062397-6
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The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a 2006 Holocaust novel by Irish novelist John Boyne.

42 éditions

Decent, but slightly concerning.

I appreciated what this story was meant to do and how it was meant to convey the horrors of Auschwitz to a younger reading audience. Unless you have a general understanding already of what happened at the concentration camps, though, the holding back and changing of words (from Bruno's ability to understand and comprehend what's going on) could honestly be a bit confusing.

The ending definitely took me by surprise and I was not expecting it at all. Seeing the behavior of the soldiers to the 9 year old protagonist was a surprise and helped add a little bit of tension. I mean, if they treat the children of the man in charge of the concentration camp in this manner, just imagine how horrible it is on the other side of the fence.

However, my biggest gripes concern the young main character. I absolutely cannot suspend reason and believe that …