See what I meant about Boyne thinking kids are morons? "'It means weeks from now,' Gretel said with an intelligent nod of her head. Bruno's father, a commandant in charge of the camp, has told the kids that they'll be there "for the foreseeable future" and Bruno doesn't know what that means. Take this scene between Bruno and his sister Gretel, when they've just moved to their house at "Out-With" (as Bruno insists on calling it, despite being corrected many times and seeing the name written down) and are wondering how long they're going to stay there. And he's not the only child who receives Boyne's withering scorn and condescension. There's childlike naivety, and then there's Bruno, who is so stunningly unobservant and unperceptive that I actually started to wonder if he was supposed to be mentally deficient somehow. The main character, Bruno, is supposed to be nine years old, but compared to him Danny Torrance of The Shining (who was six) looks like a Mensa member.
The author of The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, on the other hand, clearly thinks that children are idiots. Patronizing: I believe that to write good children's literature, you have to think that children are intelligent, capable human beings who are worth writing for - like Stephen King, who probably thinks kids are smarter than adults. Let's open with some descriptive words that sum up this book, and I will then go on to explain them in further detail: Patronizing. My 14th adult novel, ALL THE BROKEN PLACES, a sequel and companion novel to THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, will be published in the UK on September 15th 2022, in the US and Canada on November 29th, and in many foreign language editions in late 20.Īs Michael Kors once sighed to a clueless designer on Project Runway: Where do I start? In 2015, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from the University of East Anglia. I’ve also won 3 Irish Book Awards, and many international literary awards, including the Que Leer Award for Novel of the Year in Spain and the Gustav Heinemann Peace Prize in Germany.
In 2012, I was awarded the Hennessy Literary ‘Hall of Fame’ Award for my body of work.
I’m also a regular book reviewer for The Irish Times. I’ve published 13 novels for adults, a short story collection, and 6 novels for younger readers, including The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas which was a New York Times no.1 Bestseller and was adapted for a feature film, a play, a ballet and a chamber opera, selling around 11 million copies worldwide.Īmong my most popular books are The Heart’s Invisible Furies, A Ladder to the Sky and My Brother’s Name is Jessica. In 2015, I was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters by UEA. I was born in Dublin, Ireland, and studied English Literature at Trinity College, Dublin, and Creative Writing at the University of East Anglia, Norwich.
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