
all-the-broken-places
BACK IN 2006, John Boyne’s young-adult novel, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas, focused on the story of Bruno, the son of an Auschwitz SS officer who befriends Shmuel, a Jewish boy imprisoned in the camp. Predictably perhaps, the author was accused of presenting a misleading view of the Holocaust. He has, however, always argued… Read more »
To access this content, you must be a Phoenix subscriber.
Get access to The Phoenix online for as low as €1.50 per week. Read all the regular online only Phoenix stories AND receive the packed digital edition every fortnight (25 per year). Great value for so many inside stories!