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 ) |
