Caging Skies
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Caging Skies is a novel by Christine Leunens that tells a dark, psychologically driven story of a young Hitler Youth boy in Nazi-occupied Vienna who discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl in their home.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationCountry |
New Zealand
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United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationDirector | Taika Waititi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationGenre | satirical black comedy ⓘ |
| adaptationReleaseYear | 2019 ⓘ |
| adaptationTitle | Jojo Rabbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationType | feature film ⓘ |
| adaptedInto | Jojo Rabbit NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Christine Leunens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralTheme |
antisemitism
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identity ⓘ indoctrination ⓘ moral corruption ⓘ obsession ⓘ power and control ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | New Zealand ⓘ |
| genre |
historical novel
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psychological fiction ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| hasMotif |
forbidden love
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imprisonment ⓘ indoctrinated youth ⓘ lies and deception ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
Holocaust
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Nazism ⓘ family secrets ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| literaryForm | prose ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | psychological realism ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Elsa
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Johannes Betzler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| notableFor | being the basis for the film Jojo Rabbit ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotElement |
A Hitler Youth boy discovers his parents are hiding a Jewish girl in their home
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The boy becomes emotionally and psychologically obsessed with the hidden girl ⓘ |
| protagonistAffiliation | Hitler Youth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publisher | Random House New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingCountry | Austria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingLocation | Vienna NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod |
Nazi era
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| timeInFiction | Nazi-occupied Vienna ⓘ |
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