The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas

BERLIN 1942 WHEN BRUNO RETURNS HOME FROM SCHOOL ONE DAY, HE DISCOVERS THAT HIS BELONGINGS ARE BEING PACKED IN CRATES. HIS FATHER HAS RECEIVED A PROMOTION AND THE FAMILY MUST MOVE FROM THEIR HOME TO A NEW HOUSE FAR FAR AWAY, WHERE THERE IS NO ONE TO PLAY WITH AND NOTHING TO DO. A TALL FENCE RUNNING ALONGSIDE STRETCHES AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE AND CUTS HIM OFF FROM THE STRANGE PEOPLE HE CAN SEE IN THE DISTANCE. BUT BRUNO LONGS TO BE AN EXPLORER AND DECIDES THAT THERE MUST BE MORE TO THIS DESOLATE NEW PLACE THAN MEETS THE EYE. WHILE EXPLORING HIS NEW ENVIRONMENT, HE MEETS ANOTHER BOY WHOSE LIFE AND CIRCUMSTANCES ARE VERY DIFFERENT TO HIS OWN, AND THEIR MEETING RESULTS IN A FRIENDSHIP THAT HAS DEVASTATING CONSEQUENCES. ब्रूनोच्या पोटात एक कळ उठली. आतमध्ये, अगदी खोल मोठी खळबळ माजली आहे, हे त्याला जाणवलं. हे जे चाललं आहे; त्याचे परिणाम भविष्यकाळात कुणाला न कुणाला भोगावे लागणार आहेत हे जगाला मोठ्यानं ओरडून सांगावसं त्याला तीव्रतेनं वाटलं. ही गोष्ट दुस-या महायुद्धाच्या सुमाराची-जर्मनीत घडणारी. या युद्धाचे जगावर झालेले भीषण परिणाम आपल्याला माहीतच आहेत; परंतु या युद्धाशी निगडित छोट्या छोट्या गोष्टींनी एका लहान मुलाच्या भावविश्वात किती मोठी उलथा-पालथ झाली त्याची ही गोष्ट. ही संपूर्ण कहाणी ब्रूनो या नऊ वर्षांच्या मुलाच्या नजरेतून आपल्यापुढे उलगडत जाते.