![]() ![]() Responding to criticism of the book on The Ryan Tubridy Show today, Boyne said “fiction can’t be factually inaccurate” ![]() The tweet linked an article from The Guardian titled ‘The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas may fuel dangerous Holocaust fallacies.’ “I hope all those readers who embraced my earlier novel will be keen to discover what happened to Bruno’s family after he made that fateful journey to the other side of the fence and witness the consequences in the devastation of the post-war world.”Įarlier this year, the Auschwitz Memorial’s Twitter account tweeted that The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas “should be avoided by anyone who studies or teaches about the history of the Holocaust”. It spans from 1946 to today and takes place in Paris, Sydney and London.”Ī scene from The Boy In The Striped Pyjamas filmīoyne said Gretel is 91-years-old in the sequel “but still struggles with her memories and her grief”. “During lockdown, I decided it was time to write that novel and ’Gretel’s Story’ became All the Broken Places. “It was a book I hoped to write one day, telling the story of Bruno’s older sister Gretel who, at the end of her life, looks back at the experience she was part of and is forced to examine her conscience regarding her guilt and complicity in those times. ![]()
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