says that he had been a student of literature related to the Holocaust for many years. He had
always been fascinated by the subject and had read many books himself about how it impacted
individuals and the world. However, the entire story originated from an image in his head of two
boys sitting and talking with only a fence (around a concentration camp) dividing them. From
there, he began to form the rest of the story that would become . After
writing the first draft, Boyne did some research to decide how faithful to history he wanted to
be and examined the memoir that Rudolf Hoess wrote.
The story is a work
ofthat is based in the larger historical context of the suffering of the Holocaust but does not
represent the actual story of two little boys. An interview is linked below where Boyne
discusses the origins of the novel as well as his thoughts about how it has been transformed
into film and a stage production.
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