“You know you've read a good book when you turn the last page and feel a little as if you have lost a friend.” Paul Sweeney


Monday, April 27, 2009

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas

When I was ordering the book Destined to Live from Amazon the book The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John Boyne was recommended as similar reading. It is described as a fable and written through the eyes of a 9 year old boy. (It is not written for children, though.) It gives the reader another view of events from the Holocaust. Although very short it is still long enough to have an impact. It has been made into a movie though without wide release. It is a must read for fiction about the Holocaust.