City of Thieves
(Sprache: Englisch)
Leningrad, mitten in einem der strengsten Winter der Geschichte: Der siebzehnjährige Lev und der Soldat Kolya versuchen, in der zerstörten und gesetzlosen Stadt zu überleben.
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Leningrad, mitten in einem der strengsten Winter der Geschichte: Der siebzehnjährige Lev und der Soldat Kolya versuchen, in der zerstörten und gesetzlosen Stadt zu überleben.
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'AN EXCEPTIONAL STORYTELLER' Khaled Hosseini, author of The Kite Runner'Ingenious'
New York Times Book Review
'Compelling'
Daily Telegraph
'Fast-moving'
Spectator
'Cinematic'
Marie Claire
'Gripping'
New York Magazine
From the co-creator and writer of the award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones, a captivating novel about war, courage, survival and a remarkable friendship that ripples across a lifetime.
Four months into the siege of Leningrad, the city is starving. Seventeen-year-old Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting the body of a dead German paratrooper, while his charismatic cellmate, Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid.
Dawn brings, instead of an execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for an NKVD colonel to use for his daughter's wedding cake, and live. Or fail, and die.
In the depths of the coldest winter in history, through a city cut off from all supplies and suffering appalling deprivation, man and boy embark on an absurd hunt. Their search will take them through desolate, lawless Leningrad and the devastated countryside surrounding it, in the captivating journey of two men trying to survive against desperate odds.
PRAISE FOR DAVID BENIOFF
'Master of the zippy, punchy, knee-to-the-groin story'
Independent on Sunday
'An ace storyteller'
Entertainment Weekly
'A skilled creator'
Daily Telegraph
Autoren-Porträt von David Benioff
David Benioff
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Benioff
- 2009, 400 Seiten, Masse: 12,8 x 19,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Sceptre
- ISBN-10: 0340977396
- ISBN-13: 9780340977392
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.02.2009
Sprache:
Englisch
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Complex and compelling ... a thought-provoking novel that leaves its own lingering, haunting presence in the reader's imagination -- Waterstones Books Quarterly This gut-churning thriller will sweep you along and, with any luck, propel Benioff into bestseller land -- Kirkus - starred review Told with compelling power -- Sunday Telegraph Expert tone ... fine sense of pace. -- Financial Times A hard-to-put-down novel ... Benioff blends tense adventure, a bittersweet coming-of-age and an oddly touching buddy narrative to craft a smart crowd-pleaser -- Publisher's Weekly
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David Benioff is an exceptional storyteller. With humor, heart, and at times relentless suspense, he has written a riveting war novel and an engaging coming of age story. City of Thieves is tender, illuminating, and, be warned, often shocking. It is the kind of compellingly readable book that lingers long after it is read Khaled Hosseini, author of THE KITE RUNNER
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