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ISBN13: 9780670018703 |
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A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won't talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds.
Lev Beniov considers himself "built for deprivation." He's small, smart, and insecure, a Jewish virgin too young for the army, who spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter with friends from his building. When a dead German paratrooper lands in his street, Lev is caught looting the body and dragged to jail, fearing for his life. He shares his cell with the charismatic and grandiose Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested on desertion charges. Instead of the standard bullet in the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a shot at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful colonel to use in his daughter's wedding cake. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, Lev and Kolya embark on a hunt to find the impossible. A search that takes them through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and the devastated surrounding countryside creates an unlikely bond between this earnest, lust-filled teenager and an endearing lothario with the gifts of a conman. Set within the monumental events of history, City of Thieves is an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
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Liza, August 24, 2008 (view all comments by Liza)
Set during the 1941 winter seige of St. Petersburg, an unlikely duo find themselves in prison, only to be released the next day with a special mission: to find a dozen eggs for a wedding cake. If they fail their mission, they will be executed. This is no easy task in a city of starving people who have long killed family pets and are now tearing books apart for the protein in the binding glue. A story of terror, bravery, friendship and humor, this was a fabulous read.
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Angus, August 9, 2008 (view all comments by Angus)
Perhaps it would have been better for this reviewer to have omitted her reference to having been fulfilled at the conclusion of Scott Smith's silence when his "The Ruins" was published: I can't think of a worse example. Smith's "A Simple Plan" is a thriller of such genius that it was lauded by both readers, viewers of the film based on it, and critics of both disciplines; "The Ruins" is a disaster in each of these areas, thus providing a major disappointment for Smith's fans.
Hopefully, Benioff will fare much better than Smith--at least he's got some good reviews to show for it.
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Product Details
- ISBN:
- 9780670018703
- Author:
- Publisher:
- Viking Books
- Subject:
- Literary
- Subject:
- Survival
- Subject:
- History
- Copyright:
- 2008
- Publication Date:
- May 15, 2008
- Binding:
- Hardcover
- Grade Level:
- General/trade
- Language:
- English
- Pages:
- 258
- Dimensions:
- 8.98x6.40x.95 in. 1.03 lbs.
