Books
by David Benioff
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City of Thieves |
The siege of Leningrad . . . everyone is hungry. Arrested for looting, Lev, together with Kolya, a deserter, is given a reprieve: find a dozen eggs to make a wedding cake. This is the start of a quest through the frozen wastes of the city, a quest that is horrific, tragic, comic and painful. Told as a memoir, the narrative creates a strong sense of the horrors of war-torn Leningrad. It would sit well with Dunmore's The Siege (bwl 14).
(Ferelith Hordon - bwl 51 May 2009) |
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City of Thieves |
This novel fell into my hands quite by chance, and I could not put it down . . . it is the story of two quite different people, set in the time of the siege of Leningrad. A slim book which tells of loyalty and courage, cowardice and friendship and although it was a set book for my teenage grand-daughter, it is perhaps a far more gripping read for adults.
(Ange Guttierez Dewar - bwl 58 Autumn 2010) |
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