Caging Skies

## THE INSPIRATION FOR THE OSCAR-NOMINATED MOTION PICTURE 'JOJO RABBIT'

NOMINATED FOR 6 ACADEMY AWARDS INCLUDING BEST PICTURE AND BEST ADAPTED
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This extraordinary novel is seen through the eyes of Johannes, an avid member
of the Hitler Youth in the 1940s. After he is severely injured in a raid, he
discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl called Elsa behind a false wall
in their large house in Vienna.

His initial horror turns to interest, then love and obsession. After the
disappearance of his parents, Johannes finds he is the only one aware of
Elsa's existence in the house, the only one responsible for her survival. Both
manipulating and manipulated, Johannes dreads the end of the war: with it will
come the prospect of losing Elsa and their relationship, which ranges through
passion and obsession, dependence and indifference, love and hate.

This gripping, masterful work examines truth and lies at both political and
personal levels, laying bare the darkest corners of the human soul.