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Told in first person, we follow lev beniov through the deprivation and degradation of living in the literal middle of war. Benioffs finest achievement in city of thieves has been to banish all possible pretensions from his novel, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a roughandtumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page. City of thieves reads like a novelized buddy movie think butch cassidy and the sundance kid or thelma and louise. City of thieves by david benioff 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.
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A writer visits his retired grandparents in florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of leningrad. 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. The story is framed as the memories of the narrators grandfather, lev beniov. You almost forget you are reading city of thieves and concentrate instead on romping through leningrad, the tundra and enemy lines on a boys own adventure. City of thieves by david benioff no recent novel ive read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation. City of thieves is a standalone novel by david benioff. City of thieves reprint paperback by david benioff. The main characters of city of thieves novel are lev beniov, kolya nikolai alexandrovich vlasov.
He is an american who describes himself as growing up knowing that his. Excerpt from city of thieves by david benioff, plus links. Dec 23, 2015 city of thieves by david benioff as wise and funny as it is thrilling and originalthe story of two young men on an impossible adventure a writer visits his retired grandparents in florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of leningrad. A novel audiobook by david benioff with a 30 day free trial. We travel with benioff s protagonists, lev and kolya, through this besieged city, on a quest that is both trivial and lifethreatening, to find a dozen eggs. In a city cut off from all supplies and suffering unbelievable deprivation, lev and kolya embark on a hunt.
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With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the. City of thieves is a characterdriven tale set in leningrad at war. During the nazis brutal siege of leningrad, lev beniov is arrested for looting and thrown into the same cell as a handsome. City of thieves is a 2008 historical fiction novel by david benioff. This is plot driven fiction at its finest and a superb audiobook. My grandfather, the knife fighter, killed two germans before he was eighteen. Author and screenwriter david benioff s second novel, set during the siege of leningrad, crosses genre lines even as his characters cross battle lines to. In this, especially, benioff s background as a screenwriter is evident. From the critically acclaimed author of the 25th hour and when the nines roll over and cocreator of the hbo series game of thrones, a captivating novel. City of thieves, published in 2008, is a historical novel by jewish american author david benioff. The first edition of the novel was published in 2008, and was written by david benioff.
A novel 9780452295292 by benioff, david and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. I dont remember anyone telling meit was something i always seemed to know, the way i knew the yankees wore pinstripes for home games and gray for the road. Four months into the siege of leningrad, the city is starving. I cannot recommend it to everyone, and im not sure who else will like it, but i found city of thieves. I read the book thinking that this was a true story that benioff had embellished and filled in where necessary, but that this story had actually happened to benioff s grandfather. Also by david benioff see all books by david benioff also by david benioff. City of thieves follows a character named lev beniov, the son of a revered soviet jewish poet who was disappeared in the stalinist purges, as. City of thieves by david benioff plot summary litcharts.
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