Boyne John

The story of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is very difficult to describe. Usually we give some clues about the book on the cover, but in this case we think that would spoil the reading of the book. We think it is important that you start to read without knowing what it is about.If you do start to read this book, you will go on a journey with a...

Powieść obyczajowa, rozgrywająca się przez kilkadziesiąt lat XX wieku. Młody Georgij niezwykłym zbiegiem okoliczności trafia do carskiego pałacu w Petersburgu, gdzie poznaje rodzinę Mikołaja II i zakochuje się w księżniczce. Gdy wybucha rewolucja, ucieka na Zachód i osiada z żoną w Londynie. Nostalgiczna opowieść o wpływie młodości i wielkiej...

Noah ma osiem lat. Zbyt dużo by nie widzieć, że wkrótce stanie się coś złego, coś smutnego, coś, co nie powinno się nigdy stać.Równocześnie zbyt mało, by zrozumieć tę sytuację. Niestety, nikt nie rozmawia z chłopcem o tym, co się wokół niego dzieje. Dlatego Noah postanawia uciec z domu. Czuje, że ucieczka jest jedynym sposobem, by uniknąć stawienia...

In this collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance and brutality. The secrets we keep and the ways in which they shape us, the impossibility of shared loss, the lengths we will go to in order to protect our families and the distance we will run...

At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer. But when his mother returns home one afternoon, flanked by two policemen, he knows that something terrible has happened.Mrs Delaney has accidentally hit a small boy with her car. The boy is in a coma at the local hospital and nobody knows if he will ever...

Odran Yates enters Clonliffe Seminary in 1972 after his mother informs him that he has a vocation to the priesthood. He goes in full of ambition and hope, dedicated to his studies and keen to make friends.Forty years later, Odran's devotion has been challenged by the revelations that have shattered the Irish people's faith in the church. He has...