When a nine-year-old boy is uprooted from his Berlin home and relocated to a desolate compound, he discovers an unusual friendship with a child on the other side of a wire fence. Unaware of the horrific truth surrounding him, Bruno's innocent connection with Shmuel—a boy in striped pyjamas living in a strange parallel world—unknowingly draws him into one of history's darkest chapters. This haunting novel traces how a child's friendship becomes intertwined with unimaginable tragedy.
