by John Boyne · Editorial Empúries · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416367474
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«El noi de la casa de la muntanya» is the historical novel by John Boyne, published by Editorial Empúries in paperback (256 pages, in Catalan).
Pierrot is orphaned in Paris and moves to the Bavarian Alps with his aunt Beatrix, who works as a maid at the Berghof, Adolf Hitler's residence. In 1935, under Hitler's guardianship, the boy is drawn into a more sinister environment, dominated by fear, lies and betrayal, from which he will find it hard to escape.
The novel was originally published as 'The Boy at the Top of the Mountain' (2015). Jordi Cussà Balaguer is credited with the translation from English. This work belongs to the Empúries Narrativa collection.
For readers of historical fiction, young adult and adult, interested in the Second World War, and for fans of John Boyne.
John Boyne is an Irish novelist and writer. He is the author of sixteen novels for adults, six novels for younger readers, two novellas, and one collection of short stories. Boyne's historical novel The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2006) received critical acclaim and was adapted into a 2008 drama film of the same name. As of 2022, the book has sold more than 11 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 58 languages, making it one of the best-selling books of all time. A sequel, titled All the Broken Places, was published in 2022.
