摘要
本书讲述了二战中德国集中营的情景，以一个纳粹军官的孩子的视角来审视那个特殊的年代。小说曾获得爱尔兰国家书卷奖、入围英国国家书卷奖与德国青少年文学奖等奖项，在世界各地二十多个国家被翻译成不同语言的版本。由马克·赫曼执导的同名电影于2008年年底上映。
One afternoon, when Bruno came home from school, he was surprised to find Maria, the family＇s maid--who always kept her head bowed and never looked up from the carpet--standing in his bed- room, pulling all his belongings out of the wardrobe and packing them in four large woodencrates, even the things he＇d hidden at the back that belonged to him and were nobody else＇s business.
