![]() ![]() Which is why I didn’t read on,” he wrote on Twitter to a chorus of growing criticism, adding that he believes that he “treated the subject matter with great care in my novel, although readers are of course free to feel differently”. ![]() In response, Boyne queried what he said were factual inaccuracies in the piece: “While I absolutely respect your right to recommend some books & to discourage the reading of others, it’s worth pointing out that the opening paragraph of the attached article contains 3 factual inaccuracies in only 57 words. It goes on to lay out “some of the book’s historical inaccuracies and stereotypical portrayals of major characters that help to perpetuate dangerous myths about the Holocaust”. It stresses that “it is important to understand that the book is a work of fiction” and “the events portrayed could never have happened”. The critical essay, which is from the Holocaust exhibition and learning centre, says that many people who have read the book or watched the film adaptation of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas believe that it is a true story – despite its subtitle, “A Fable”. But the memorial went on to link to an essay warning readers away from Boyne’s story of a German boy who befriends a Jewish boy on the other side of the Auschwitz fence. ![]()
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