John Boyne

Román V tomto domě straší od irského spisovatele Johna Boynea, který proslul celosvětově knížkou pro děti Chlapec v pruhovaném pyžamu, je strhující poctou duchařským příběhům z devatenáctého století. Boyne mistrně využívá prostředky...

Na svého staršího bratra Jasona se Sam Waver mohl vždycky ve všem spolehnout. Sam ho zbožňuje, zdá se totiž, že Jasonův život je perfektní – je přátelský, oblíbený, skvěle hraje fotbal a holky se můžou přetrhnout, aby s ním mohly...

Cyril Avery není pravý Avery – alespoň mu to tak říkají jeho adoptivní rodiče. Ale když není pravý Avery, kdo ve skutečnosti je? ...

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a truly unforgettable emotional story about life in Nazi-occupied Germany. Nine year-old Bruno knows nothing of the horrors of the Final Solution and the Holocaust, and is oblivious to the appalling cruelties...

Sam Waver's life has always been pretty quiet. A bit of a loner, he struggles to make friends, and his busy parents often make him feel invisible. Luckily for Sam, his older brother, Jason, has always been there for him...

Russia, 1915: Sixteen year old farmer's son Georgy Jachmenev steps in front of an assassin's bullet intended for a senior member of the Russian Imperial Family and is instantly proclaimed a hero...

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...

September 1919: Twenty-years-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a clutch of letters to Marian Bancroft. Tristan fought alongside Marian's brother Will during the Great War. They trained together...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

Osemročný Noe má problémy a zdá sa mu, že najlepšie je na ne nemyslieť. Preto jedno ráno ujde z domu. Kráča lesom po nevyšliapanom chodníku, až príde k obchodu s hračkami. No nie je to obyčajný obchod. Je to hračkárstvo, kde sa dejú neobyčajné veci...