Opis: City of Thieves - David Benioff

From the critically acclaimed author of "The 25th Hour "and "When the Nines Roll Over," a captivating novel about war, courage, survival -- and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.
During the Nazis' brutal siege of Leningrad, Lev Beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome deserter named Kolya. Instead of being executed, 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 Soviet 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 through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and behind enemy lines to find the impossible.
By turns insightful and funny, thrilling and terrifying, "City of Thieves" is a gripping, cinematic World War II adventure and an intimate coming-of-age story with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.
"This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy."
-"USA Today"
"Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel."
-"Entertainment Weekly"
"Benioff blends humor and horror expertly."
-"San Francisco Chronicle"
"A deft storyteller, Benioff writes about starvation, cannibalism, and Nazi atrocities with poise and cinematic flair. If "Thieves" were a movie, it would start out like "Schindler's List" and end up like "Raiders of the Lost Ark.""
-"People"
"The novel tells a refreshingly traditional tale, driven by an often ingenious plot.... He shifts tone with perfect control-no recent novel I've read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation...."
-"New York Times Book Review"
""City of Thieves" is a coming-of-age story brilliantly amplified by its worn-torn backdrop. Benioff's finest achievement in "City of Thieves" has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, whicha

Szczegóły: City of Thieves - David Benioff

Tytuł: City of Thieves
Autor: David Benioff
Producent: Plume Book
ISBN: 9780452295292
Rok produkcji: 2009
Ilość stron: 258
Oprawa: Miękka
Waga: 0.22 kg

Recenzje: City of Thieves - David Benioff