El niño del bosque / The Boy in the Woods

La asombrosa historia de un niño judío que sobrevivió a los nazis escondido en los bosques de Polonia.

Maxwell Smart tenía solo once años cuando toda su familia fue asesinada. Huyó al bosque, cavó un hoyo para refugiarse y buscó comida en las granjas cercanas para sobrevivir. Con la ropa hecha harapos y la borde de la inanición, escapó repetidamente de la muerte a manos de los nazis. Después de meses en soledad, Maxwell se encontró con otro niño, Janek, quien al igual que Maxwell, era huérfano, y pronto se hicieron amigos. Un día, los niños descubrieron a una bebé, aún viva, en los brazos de su madre muerta.

La épica historia de Maxwell nos muestra cómo un célebre pintor emergió de la brutalidad de la guerra para ofrecer al mundo obras preciosas, en contraste con los horrores de su sufrimiento. El niño del bosque es un documento histórico notable sobre una época atroz que nunca deberíamos olvidar.

ENGLISH DESCRIPTION

The astonishing #1 bestselling story of a boy who survived the war by hiding in the Polish forest

Maxwell Smart was eleven years old when his entire family was killed before his eyes. He might have died along with them, but his mother selflessly ordered him to save himself. Alone in the forest, he dug a hole in the ground for shelter and foraged for food in farmers’ fields. His clothes in rags and close to starvation, he repeatedly escaped death at the hands of Nazis.

After months alone, Maxwell encountered a boy wandering in the forest looking for food. Janek was also alone; like Maxwell he had just become an orphan, and the two quickly became friends. They built a bunker in the ground to survive through the winter. One day, after a massacre took place nearby, the boys discovered a baby girl, still alive, lying in the arms of her dead mother. Maxwell and Janek rescued the baby, but this act came at a great cost.

Max’s epic tale of heroism will inspire with its proof of the enduring human spirit. From the brutality of war emerges a man who would become a celebrated artist, offering the world, in contrast to the horrors of his suffering, beautiful works of art. The Boy in the Woods is a remarkable historical document about a time that should never be forgotten.