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It is early morning and the sun is rising. There are problems at home which are easier to deal with if eight-year-old Noah doesn't think about them. So he picks up his trainers and runs away, taking an untrodden path through the forest. Before long he come across a shop. But this is no ordinary shop. It is a toyshop - full of magic and wonder and broken promises. Noah is on a journey. A journey that will change his life. And it could change yours too.

It's July 1910: The grisly remains of Cora Crippen, music hall singer and wife of Dr Hawley Crippen, are discovered in the cellar of 39 Hilldrop Crescent, Camden. But the Doctor and his mistress, Ethel Le Neve, have vanished, much to the frustration of Scotland Yard and the outrage of a horrified London. Across the Channel in Antwerp, the SS Montrose sets sail on its two week voyage to Canada. Amongst its passengers are the overbearing Antonia Drake and her daughter Victoria, who is hell-bent on romance, the enigmatic Mathieu Zela and the modest Martha Hayes. Also on board are the unassuming Mr John Robinson and his seventeen-year-old son Edmund. But all is not as it seems...

John Boyne maneja los hilos del relato con gran destreza, hasta alcanzar un desenlace impactante, de los que permanecen en el recuerdo.Septiembre de 1919. Tristan Sadler, de veintiún años, coge un tren de Londres a Norwich para devolverle a Marian Bancroft las cartas que esta escribio a su difunto hermano, Will, durante la Gran Guerra. Will y Tristan tuvieron una relacion intima, pero las cartas son solo el pretexto de la visita. En realidad, Tristan guarda un doloroso secreto en lo mas hondo de su ser, un secreto que esta dispuesto a compartir con la hermana de su amigo, si finalmente consigue reunir el valor necesario.El pacifista es una novela de heroismo, amor y traicion en el universo moralmente nebuloso de la guerra. En un entorno donde imperan la crueldad y la sinrazon, dos jovencisimos soldados libran una amarga batalla contra la complejidad de sus emociones. Su amistad, primero en el campo de instruccion y despues en las trincheras del norte de Francia, trae consigo la intensa luz del autoconocimiento y la felicidad, pero tambien las tinieblas del desconcierto y el dolor.La critica ha dicho...Una novela de una profunda melancolia [...]. John Boyne es muy, muy bueno en su retrato del poder destructivo de un secreto dolorosamente guardado.John IrvingUna novela que se interroga con crudeza no solo sobre que significa ser hombre sino que significa ser una persona en las circunstancias extremas de la guerra.The Irish TimesImpactante, emotiva y hermosamente escrita. Se convertira en un clasico de las novelas sobre la guerra.The BooksellerLa deshonra y la culpa son dos enormes sombras en este libro, en el que Boyne conecta la deshonra sexual con la deshonra moral y la deshonra social.Irish Independent

The day the First World War broke out, Alfie Summerfield's father promised he wouldn't go away to fight - but he broke that promise the following day. Four years later, Alfie doesn't know where his father might be, other than that he's away on a special, secret mission. Then, while shining shoes at King's Cross Station, Alfie unexpectedly sees his father's name - on a sheaf of papers belonging to a military doctor. Bewildered and confused, Alfie realises his father is in a hospital close by - a hospital treating soldiers with an unusual condition. Alfie is determined to rescue his father from this strange, unnerving place...

Ein neuer Roman von Bestsellerautor John BoyneEs gibt sie, diese winzigen Momente, die ein Leben fur immer verandern. Fur Danny und seine Familie kommt ein solcher Moment, als Dannys Mutter einen kleinen Jungen mit dem Auto anfahrt. Qualende Schuldgefuhle lassen sie nicht mehr los, die Familie droht auseinanderzubrechen.Der Text besticht durch eine spannende Handlung und die groartig eingefangene Atmosphare. John Boyne erzahlt unmittelbar aus der Sicht des zwolfjahrigen Danny und schafft so einen eindringlichen Roman uber Schuld, Schicksal und die Kunst, zu verzeihen.

Berlijn, 1943. De negenjarige Bruno verhuist met zijn familie naar een plek ver weg. Hun nieuwe huis staat naast een hoog hek, een hek dat Bruno afschermt van de vreemde mensen die hij daarachter ziet bewegen. Op een van zijn ontdekkingstochten ontmoet Bruno een jongen wiens leven zeer verschilt van dat van hem. Toch worden de jongens vrienden, maar het is een vriendschap die niet zonder gevolgen blijft. De jongen in de gestreepte pyjama is nu magistraal verfilmd als The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.

London, 1936. Owen Montignac, der attraktive, charismatische Spross aus gutem Haus, erwartet bang die Testamentsverlesung seines unlangst verstorbenen Onkels. Doch Owen wird nicht berucksichtigt. Die Alleinerbin ist seine schone Cousine Stella,zu der er eine etwas fragwurdige Zuneigung empfindet. Zudem plagen ihn hohe Spielschulden - und so ersinnt Owen einen teuflischen Plan.

Von einem, der auszog, den Mut zu findenEines Morgens lauft Noah von zu Hause fort. Ein einsamer Waldweg fuhrt ihn zu einem Spielzeugladen voller Zauber und Magie. Hier lernt Noah einen sehr ungewohnlichen Spielzeugmacher kennen.Der alte Mann hat viel zu erzahlen. In seiner Geschichte geht es um Abenteuer, Wunder und gebrochene Versprechen. So nimmt er Noah mit auf eine Reise.Eine Reise, die Noahs Leben verandern wird.Und die auch unser Leben verandern konnte.Eine marchenhafte Parabel uber den Trost des Erzahlens.

1867. On a dark and chilling night Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. It is the start of a journey into a world of abandoned children, unexplained occurrences and terrifying experiences which Eliza will have to overcome if she is to survive the secrets that lie within Gaudlin's walls.

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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 to protect ourselves.Drawing on a host of enthralling characters a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement.This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne's finest writing to date. It includes Rest Day' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.

The powerful, unforgettable new novel from the bestselling author of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.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.

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 seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed and has become nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insulting remarks. But when a family tragedy opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a once respected institution and recognise his own complicity in their propagation. It has taken John Boyne fifteen years and twelve novels to write about his home country of Ireland but he has done so now in his most powerful novel to date, a novel about blind dogma and moral courage, and about the dark places where the two can meet. At once courageous and intensely personal, A History of Loneliness confirms Boyne as one of the most searching chroniclers of his generation.

n 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 to protect ourselves. Drawing on a host of enthralling characters - a farmer, a cuckold and a teenager exploring his sexuality; good parents, bad parents, writers and soldiers; a student, a rent boy and a hitman - Boyne examines the hopeful and the damaged without prejudice or judgement. This, his first collection of short stories, is some of John Boyne's finest writing to date. It includes 'Rest Day' which won the 2015 Writing.ie Short Story of the Year award in Ireland.

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.

Una novela inquietante que cautiva al lector hasta la última página.Después de perder a su anciano padre, la joven Eliza Caine no tiene más opción que aceptar un puesto de institutriz en la mansión de Gaudlin Hall, en Norfolk. Pero lo que deberia ser un trabajo digno y sencillo se convierte en una experiencia espeluznante. En cuanto se apea del tren, un par de manos invisibles intentan arrojarla a la via, y cuando finalmente llega al caseron, los unicos que salen a recibirla son dos niños, Isabella y Eustace, que aparentemente viven solos. Eliza no sabe quien la ha contratado, y una serie de extraños sucesos la convencen de que algo muy grave esta ocurriendo en la casa. Es como si una presencia maligna, que parece querer proteger a los pequeños, se manifestara continuamente, por lo que Eliza comprende que debera desvelar los secretos que Gaudlin Hall guarda celosamente.Autor de exitos mundiales comoEl niño con el pijama de rayas yLa casa del proposito especial, John Boyne ha escrito una novela que homenajea a la novela gotica del siglo XIX, con abundantes guiños a Charles Dickens y Wilkie Collins, el relato gira en torno a Eliza Caine, su valerosa e inteligente heroina, que logra superar el miedo a lo desconocido con una fortaleza de espiritu encomiable.La critica ha dicho...Muy entretenida, Boyne mantiene al lector en vilo en todo momento y el ritmo es trepidante.The TimesUna novela maravillosamente siniestra [...], un magnifico viaje a traves del miedo, que muestra no solo como este se crea sino tambien como puede superarse.The GuardianUna leccion de narracion clasica. Boyne trabaja deliberadamente dentro de la tradicion y sin embargo nos sumerge en un relato muy original y entretenido que, como todas las historias de fantasmas, reserva su giro inesperado para el final.The Sunday IndependentUna aventura que encantara a los fans de Dickens e intrigara a quien se atreva a acompañar a la heroina en su viaje.The Daily ExpressEstupenda, accesible y absolutamente entretenida.The Irish TimesEscrita con brillantez y contencion clasica [...]. Boyne logra crear tension no a partir de los elementos claramente reconocibles sino gracias a la narradora: una mujer de buen corazon atrapada en un mundo claustrofobico, una protagonista cuya capacidad de adaptacion y fortaleza de animo nos resultan enormemente atractivas.The Telegraph

Una novel·la inquietant per a adults que seduirà també els més jovesDesprés de la mort del seu pare, l’Eliza Caine es troba sola al món. Només té la companyia dels personatges de les novel·les de Dic

NOVELA DE FICCION: HISTÓRICA (EN ALEMÁN)

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 seen friends stand trial, colleagues jailed, the lives of young parishioners destroyed and has become nervous of venturing out in public for fear of disapproving stares and insulting remarks. But when a family tragedy opens wounds from his past, he is forced to confront the demons that have raged within a once respected institution and recognise his own complicity in their propagation. It has taken John Boyne fifteen years and twelve novels to write about his home country of Ireland but he has done so now in his most powerful novel to date, a novel about blind dogma and moral courage, and about the dark places where the two can meet. At once courageous and intensely personal, A History of Loneliness confirms Boyne as one of the most searching chroniclers of his generation.