Bøker av John Boyne

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a deeply moving novel written by the renowned author, John Boyne. Published in 2007 by Transworld Publishers Ltd, this book has touched the hearts of many since its release. The genre of this book is difficult to pin down due to its complex themes and wide appeal. However, it can be best described as a historical and adventure novel. Set against the backdrop of the Holocaust, it tells the story of an unlikely friendship between two boys. The plot is gripping, the characters are well-developed, and the setting is described in vivid detail. This book is not just a piece of fiction, but a poignant reminder of a dark period in human history. If you're looking for a book that is both thought-provoking and engaging, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a must-read.

'An exhilarating read' Spectator'Unsettling and utterly compelling' Woman and Home'incredibly well-written' Good Housekeeping'Hypnotically clean, clear prose... powerful and memorable' Irish Times'You will hurtle through the book, because it is such a compelling story' Irish Examiner______From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a challenging and visceral narrative that asks the question: can one cataclysmic moment turn someone into a monster?On the face of it, Freya lives a gilded existence, dancing solely to her own tune. She has all the trappings of wealth and privilege, a responsible job as a surgeon specialising in skin grafts, a beautiful flat in a sought-after development, and a flash car. But it wasn't always like this. Hers is a life founded on darkness.Did what happened to Freya as a child one fateful summer influence the adult she would become - or was she always destined to be that person? Was she born with cruelty in her heart or did something force it into being?In Fire, John Boyne takes the reader on a chilling, uncomfortable but utterly compelling psychological journey to the epicentre of the human condition, asking the age-old question: nurture - or nature?______Praise for John Boyne'One of the greatest craftsmen in contemporary literature' Colum McCann'Among the world's greatest storytellers' Donal Ryan'One of the most assured novelists of his generation' ObserverIrish Times bestseller, May 2024

When Pierrot becomes an orphan, he must leave his home in Paris for a new life with his Aunt Beatrix, a servant in a wealthy household at the top of the German mountains. But this is no ordinary time, for it is 1935 and the Second World War is fast approaching; and this is no ordinary house, for this is the Berghof, the home of Adolf Hitler. Quickly, Pierrot is taken under Hitler's wing, and is thrown into an increasingly dangerous new world: a world of terror, secrets and betrayal, from which he may never be able to escape.

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is an engrossing work of fiction by John Boyne. Published in 2012 by Vintage Publishing, this book has captured the hearts of readers worldwide. This book falls under the genre of historical fiction and showcases Boyne's phenomenal storytelling skills. The story revolves around an unlikely friendship that transcends the boundaries of a concentration camp's fence. Boyne's masterful narrative brings to light the horrors of war from an innocent child's perspective. The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a testament to Boyne's skill as a writer and is a must-read for anyone seeking a deeply moving reading experience.

For Owen has run up huge gambling debts and casino boss Nicholas Delfy has given him a choice: find GBP50,000 by Christmas - or find yourself six feet under. So when Owen discovers that he has been cut out of the will in favour of his beautiful cousin Stella, it is time to prove just how cunning he can be...

Lines may divide us, but hope will unite us . Until he meets Shmuel, a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence and who, like the other people there, wears a uniform of striped pyjamas. Bruno's friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation.

From internationally bestselling author John Boyne, a contemplative story about one man trying to move forward from the trauma of his youth to become a better father to his son.Being in limbo, 30,000 feet in the air, offers time to reflect and take stock. For Aaron Umber, it's an opportunity to connect with his 15-year-old son as they travel halfway across the world to meet a woman who isn't expecting them.Unsettled by his past, and anxious for his future, Aaron is at a crossroads in life. The damage inflicted upon him during his youth has made him the man he is, but now threatens to widen the growing fissures between him and his only child. This trip could bind them closer together, or tear them further apart.In this penetrating examination of action and consequence, fault and attribution, acceptance and resolution, John Boyne gives us a redemptive story of a father and a son on a moving journey to mend their troubled lives.

There once was a boy called Jeremy GraceWho had a remarkable interest in space.He was quiet and shy, very often alone,Just him and his dog, spending time on their own.Jeremy dreams of journeying through space, but nobody believes in him . . . Nobody, that is, but Maxwell, his incredible dancing dog who encourages him to reach for the stars. The pair embark on an out-of-this-world adventure - but when they are faced with an incoming comet catastrophe, it takes bravery, daring and a little bit of dancing to save the day.Heartwarming and inspirational with a touch of magic, this read-aloud rhyming picture-book story encourages children to follow their dreams.This is the picture book debut from John Boyne, the author of the globally bestselling, multi-million-copy classic, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas. The illustrations are by award-winning rising star Ashling Lindsay.

'Utterly compelling... powerful and disturbing' Sunday Independent'Compelling... a potent portrait of a flawed young man' Daily Mail'A strong set-up, and with the masterly Boyne at the helm, the tension never lets up' Mail on Sunday'New and ambitious... packed with big ideas, moral questions and social commentary' Irish Times_____________From million-copy-bestselling author John Boyne, an inescapably gritty story about one young man whose direction in life takes a vastly different turn than what he expected.It's the tabloid sensation of the year: two well-known footballers standing in the dock, charged with sexual assault, a series of vile text messages pointing towards their guilt.As the trial unfolds, Evan Keogh reflects on the events that have led him to this moment. Since leaving his island home, his life has been a lie on many levels. He's a talented footballer who wanted to be an artist. A gay man in a sport that rejects diversity. A defendant whose knowledge of what took place on that fateful night threatens more than just his freedom or career.The jury will deliver a verdict but, before they do, Evan must judge for himself whether the man he has become is the man he wanted to be.The new novel from John Boyne, FIRE, is available now.___________What readers are saying about Earth:'I read it in one sitting''I devoured this book''Unputdownable''Beautifully written and compelling''A short, sharp read... hard to tear your eyes away'

The first thing Vanessa Carvin does when she arrives on the island is change her name. To the locals, she is Willow Hale, a solitary outsider escaping Dublin to live a hermetic existence in a small cottage, not a notorious woman on the run from her past.But scandals follow like hunting dogs. And she has some questions of her own to answer. If her ex-husband is really the monster everyone says he is, then how complicit was she in his crimes?Escaping her old life might seem like a good idea but the choices she has made throughout her marriage have consequences. Here, on the island, Vanessa must reflect on what she did - and did not do. Only then can she discover whether she is worthy of finding peace at all.

En frittstående, etterlengtet oppfølger til verdenssuksessen Gutten i den stripete pyjamasen.91 år gamle Gretel Fernsby har bodd i den samme leiligheten i London i flere tiår. Hun lever et stille, tilbaketrukket og behagelig liv, til tross for hennes dystre bakgrunn. Flukten fra Nazi-Tyskland for over 70 år siden snakker hun aldri om. Hun snakket heller ikke om etterkrigsårene i Paris sammen med moren. Og minst av alt snakker hun om sin far, som var sjefen for en av de mest beryktede og fryktede konsentrasjonsleirene i Polen.En dag flytter det inn en ung familie i leiligheten under Gretel. Nærmest mot sin vilje blir Gretel kjent med den lille gutten, Henry, selv om synet av ham vekker minner hos Gretel som hun helst vil glemme. Da hun blir vitne til en voldsom krangel mellom Henrys foreldre, forstår Gretel at noe må gjøres. Men for å hjelpe gutten må hun fortelle verden hvem hun er.Alt som er ødelagt er en knusende, men nydelig fortelling om en kvinne som må se sin egen fortid i øynene for å innse at det aldri er for sent å være modig.«Det er umulig å forberede seg på omfanget og den følelsesmessige virkningen av denne kraftige romanen.» - John Irving«En kompleks, gjennomtenkt karakterstudie helt uten enkle svar.» - Kirkus Reviews«Helt eksepsjonell, lagdelt og overbevisende ...» - Amy Bloom«John Boyne har skrevet en fengslende, hjerteskjærende bok som innfrir både på et intellektuelt og emosjonelt nivå. Dette er fortellingen om Gretel Fernsby, en 91 år gammel kvinne som hele livet har holdt på en grufull hemmelighet, og oppgjøret hun står overfor når fortid og nåtid møtes. Komplekst og nådeløst. Vakkert og mørkt. Jeg klarte ikke å legge boken fra meg.» - Ariel Lawhon, forfatter«Alt som er ødelagt er en sterk konfrontasjon av ondskap, en undersøkelse av skyld og svik, og en god, gammeldags pageturner. John balanserer hårfint mellom fortellingens nivåer og beviser nok en gang at han er en av verdens beste historiefortellere.» - Donal Ryan, forfatter

George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words), his wife Beverley, a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like), and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen.

Vi er kommet til 1942 og Bruno bor sammen med familien sin i Berlin. En dag må de flytte, faren til Bruno blir beordret til Polen. På det nye stedet møter Bruno Shmuel. Shmuel er jøde og bor bak et høyt gjerde. De to blir venner og vennskapet får fatale konsekvenser.

Hjertets usynlige stormer er en roman om én manns kamp for å finne sin plass i livet, om et Irland i rivende forandring fra et samfunn der den katolske kirken bestemmer nær sagt alt, til et moderne europeisk land. Cyril Avery er ikke en ekte Avery, det er i hvert fall hva adoptivforeldrene hans sier. Men hvis han ikke er en ekte Avery, hvem er han da? Cyrils mor blir gravid utenfor ekteskap som 16-åring og bortvist fra landsbyen sin, en katolsk liten flekk på den irske vestkysten. Hun slår seg ned i Dublin og adopterer barnet bort til et velhavende, lettere eksentrisk ektepar: Den kjederøykende forfatteren Maude, som ikke vil bli for populær, og bankmannen Charles. Men Cyril føler seg ikke som noen Avery, og han føler seg overhodet ikke hjemme i etterkrigstidens katolske Irland. Det er først da han møter den karismatiske skjørtejegeren Julian Woodbead at han tør ta de første skrittene i jakten på hvem han er - en søken som fører ham til Amsterdam og New York i et forsøk på å finne lykken og kjærligheten. John Boyne forførte en hel verden med ungdomsromanen Gutten i den stripete pyjamasen. Nå er han tilbake med Hjertets usynlige stormer, en rørende og viltvoksende historie som strekker seg gjennom mer enn 70 år.

Hva skjer med et foreldreløst barn som blir tatt inn under Adolf Hitlers vinger?Da Pierrot blir foreldreløs, må han flytte fra hjemmet sitt i Paris og begynne et nytt liv hos tanten Beatrix, som er hushjelp i en rik husholdning høyt oppe i de tyske fjellene. Det er ikke vanlige tider. Året er 1935, og andre verdenskrig nærmer seg med stormskritt. Og det er ingen vanlig husholdning heller, for stedet er Berghof, Adolf Hitlers landsted. Snart blir Pierrot tatt under Hitlers vinger, og kastes ut i en ny verden som stadig blir farligere: en verden preget av frykt, hemmeligheter og forræderi, en verden han kanskje aldri vil klare å unnslippe.Sterk roman fra forfatteren av bestselgeren Gutten i den stripete pyjamasen. En bok som er vanskelig å legge fra seg, og umulig å glemme.

BERLIN 1942 WHEN BRUNO RETURNS HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS BELONGINGS ARE BEING PACKED IN CRATES. HIS FATHER HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION AND THE FAMILY MUST MOVE FROM THEIR HOME TO A NEW HOUSE FAR FAR AWAY, WHERE THERE IS NO ONE TO PLAY WITH AND NOTHING TO DO. A TALL FENCE RUNNING ALONGSIDE STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE AND CUTS HIM OFF FROM THE STRANGE PEOPLE HE CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE. BUT BRUNO LONGS TO BE AN EXPLORER AND DECIDES THAT THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS DESOLATE NEW PLACE THAN MEETS THE EYE. WHILE EXPLORING HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT, HE MEETS ANOTHER BOY WHOSE LIFE AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO HIS OWN, AND THEIR MEETING RESULTS IN A FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. ब्रूनोच्या पोटात एक कळ उठली. आतमध्ये, अगदी खोल मोठी खळबळ माजली आहे, हे त्याला जाणवलं... हे जे चाललं आहे; त्याचे परिणाम भविष्यकाळात कुणाला न कुणाला भोगावे लागणार आहेत हे जगाला मोठ्यानं ओरडून सांगावसं त्याला तीव्रतेनं वाटलं. ही गोष्ट दुस-या महायुद्धाच्या सुमाराची-जर्मनीत घडणारी. या युद्धाचे जगावर झालेले भीषण परिणाम आपल्याला माहीतच आहेत; परंतु या युद्धाशी निगडित छोट्या छोट्या गोष्टींनी एका लहान मुलाच्या भावविश्वात किती मोठी उलथा-पालथ झाली त्याची ही गोष्ट. ही संपूर्ण कहाणी ब्रूनो या नऊ वर्षांच्या मुलाच्या नजरेतून आपल्यापुढे उलगडत जाते.

Ambitious, far-reaching and mythic, it introduces a group of characters whose lives we will come to know and will follow through time and space until they reach their natural conclusion.

'A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft .

At the start of his school holidays, Danny Delaney is looking forward to a trouble-free summer.Told in John Boyne's unique style from the point of view of a twelve-year-old boy, The Dare is a brilliantly compelling story about how one moment can change a family forever.

A collection of twelve dark, unerring and surprising short stories, that explores the extremities of the human condition. Drawing on a host of characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality, good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers, it examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement.

There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way. But when Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it's clear he's anything but ordinary. To his parents horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Soon, the Brockets decide enough is enough. The neighbours are starting to talk. They never asked for a weird, abnormal, floating child. Barnaby has to go . . .Betrayed and frightened, Barnaby floats into the path of a very special hot air balloon and so begins a magical journey around the world, with a cast of extraordinary new friends.

A deeply moving and thought-provoking stage play based on the bestselling novel by John Boyne.

Noah is running away from his problems the day he takes the untrodden path through the forest - or at least that's what he thinks. When he comes across a very unusual toyshop and meets the even more unusual toymaker, he's not sure what to expect. But the toymaker has a story to tell, a story full of adventure, wonder and broken promises. And Noah travels with him on a journey that will change his life for ever. A thought-provoking fable from the author of the bestselling Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.