Autor John Boyne
Príbeh sa začína v Berlíne roku 1942. Jedného dňa sa Bruno vráti zo školy a nájde pobalené všetky veci. Jeho otec dostal nové miesto a rodina sa s ním musí odsťahovať ďaleko na zvláštne miesto, kde nemá čo robiť, kde sa nemá s kým hrať. Kam len oko dovidí…
Autor slávneho románu pre deti Chlapec v pásikavom pyžame tentoraz vrhá svetlo do temných zákutí dlhého života Brunovej staršej sestry. Táto kniha je však určená dospelým čitateľom. Deväťdesiatnička Gretel býva vo Winterville Court v centre Londýna.…
Autobiograficky ladený príbeh z prostredia psychiatrickej liečebne o občas nevyspytateľnej ceste ku šťastiu. Craig Gilner bol vždy odhodlaný uspieť – dostať sa na tú správnu strednú školu a vďaka tomu získať tú správnu prácu. Po tom, čo ho prijmú na…
Najnovší román skvelého Johna Boynea je neuveriteľne vtipná satira na dnešnú spoločnosť v područí sociálnych sietí, keď jediný príspevok odoslaný z mobilného telefónu na twitter či instagram môže prevrátiť naruby život nielen jednotlivcovi, ale aj celej…
Autor slávneho Chlapca v pásikavom pyžame už tretíkrát zvolil neľahkú tému: vojna očami dieťaťa. V druhom románe Zostaň, kde si, a potom odíď, sa venoval prvej svetovej vojne a teraz sa opäť vrátil k druhej svetovej vojne v príbehu chlapca Pierrota,…
Ďalší príbeh od autora románu Chlapec v pásikavom pyžame. V deň, keď vypukla prvá svetová vojna, Alfiemu Summerfieldovi sľúbil otec, že nikdy neodíde bojovať, no hneď nasledujúci deň svoj sľub porušil. O štyri roky neskôr Alfie netuší, kde jeho otec…
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.…
Když osud malému Pařížanovi Pierrotovi určí, že bude žít u tety na vrcholu hory, nemá chlapec ještě ponětí, kam se svět řítí. Jenže píše se rok 1935 a tajuplný dům, kde teta pracuje jako hospodyně, je zlověstný Berghof, horské sídlo Adolfa Hitlera. Vůdce…
Brunovi se nechce opouštět starý dobrý pokojíček, školu a kamarády v Berlíně a stěhovat se do nového, osamělého a ponurého domu v tajemném místě jménem Aušvic. Jenomže Fíra, nadřízený Brunova tatínka, tak rozhodl a devítileté děti do podobných záležitostí…
Kompletní vydání bestsellerů Chlapec v pruhovaném pyžamu a Chlapec na vrcholu hory. Brunovi se nechce opouštět pokojíček, školu a kamarády v Berlíně a stěhovat se do nového, osamělého a ponurého domu v tajemném místě jménem Aušic. Jenomže Fíra, nadřízený…
'Beautifully told and gripping from first page to last' Sunday Express'An incredible feat of storytelling... and an old-fashioned page-turner' Donal Ryan'Gripping and well-honed...consummately constructed, humming with tension' Guardian'You can't prepare…
Nine year old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. 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…
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…
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,…
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.
Bruno doesn't like his new house. He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin, and there are no children to play with here - until Bruno meets Shmuel, a boy who lives on the other side of the wire fence near Bruno's house, and who wears a strange…
Na rodine Brocketovcov nie je nič neobyčajné. Sú nudní, vážení a sú na to hrdí, ohŕňajú nos nad všetkým nezvyčajným a odlišným. Až do okamihu, keď prišiel na svet Barnaby Brocket, ktorý sa odmietal podriadiť zákonom gravitácie – on jednoducho lietal.…
Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that’s what his adoptive parents tell him. And he never will be. But if he isn’t a real Avery, then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community and adopted by a…
There's nothing unusual or different about the Brocket family - and they're keen to keep it that way. . 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…
At times, incredibly funny, at others, heartrending' Sarah Winman, author of When God Was a RabbitForced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown, Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant and alone, in search of a new life at just sixteen.
A psychological drama of cat and mouse, A Ladder to the Skyshows how easy it is to achieve the world if you are prepared to sacrifice your soul. If you look hard enough, you can find stories pretty much anywhere. They don't even have to be your own.…
'John Boyne made his name with The Boy In The Striped Pyjamasand he's on stellar form in My Brother's Name is Jessica.' Daily Express Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents…
'A deliciously dark tale of ambition, seduction and literary theft .
Some stories are universal. They play out across human history, and time is the river that flows through them. This story starts with a family. It must play out as foretold. From the award-winning author of The Heart's invisible Furies comes The Shado
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.
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…