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VersandkostenfreiFrom the critically acclaimed author of The 25th Hour and When the Nines Roll Over and co-creator of the HBO series Game of Thrones, 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, the New York Times bestseller 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.
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, the New York Times bestseller 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.
Produktdetails
Erscheinungsdatum
15. März 2009
Sprache
englisch
Seitenanzahl
272
Autor/Autorin
David Benioff
Verlag/Hersteller
Produktart
kartoniert
Gewicht
210 g
Größe (L/B/H)
199/133/16 mm
ISBN
9780452295292
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Pressestimmen
The novel tells a refreshingly traditional tale, driven by an often ingenious plot . . . [Benioff] shifts tone with perfect control no recent novel I have read travels so quickly and surely between registers, from humor to devastation.
The New York Times Book Review
This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy.
USA Today
Splendid . . . Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel.
Entertainment Weekly
Benioff (a co-creator of HBO s Game of Thrones ) peppers his swift-moving plot with pitch-dark humor and unexpected turns. It s a rousing reading experience, to cackle aloud at one paragraph then gasp at the next. . . . I m glad I waited until warm weather to start this winter s tale. But really, any other time would have been just fine. There s no bad season to read a book this good.
Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times Book Review
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
"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, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page."
The Washington Post
City of Thieves is flat-out great . . . Benioff s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that s expected. The surprise is Benioff s understated wisdom and tenderness.
Men s Journal
David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War.
The Guardian
The New York Times Book Review
This spellbinding story perfectly blends tragedy and comedy.
USA Today
Splendid . . . Benioff has produced a funny, sad, and thrilling novel.
Entertainment Weekly
Benioff (a co-creator of HBO s Game of Thrones ) peppers his swift-moving plot with pitch-dark humor and unexpected turns. It s a rousing reading experience, to cackle aloud at one paragraph then gasp at the next. . . . I m glad I waited until warm weather to start this winter s tale. But really, any other time would have been just fine. There s no bad season to read a book this good.
Ken Jaworowski, The New York Times Book Review
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
"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, which never wears its research on its sleeve, and to deliver a rough-and-tumble tale that clenches humor, savagery, and pathos squarely together on the same page."
The Washington Post
City of Thieves is flat-out great . . . Benioff s screen writing chops are in full force here - the plot careens along with cinematic verve - but that s expected. The surprise is Benioff s understated wisdom and tenderness.
Men s Journal
David Benioff, has written a gripping war novel. With lots of humour, suspense and tragedy he shows the desperate lives of the people who were caught between two opposing forces during the Second World War.
The Guardian
Bewertungen
am 20.02.2010
really special
Kolja und Lew werden im belagerten Leningrad 1942 verhaftet. Wegen Nichtigkeiten werden sie eingesperrt und lernen sich kennen. Der zuständige Oberst ist verblüfft und begeistert von den beiden unterschiedlichen aber mutigen jungen Männern. Seine Tochter heiratet bald und es soll trotz allem Elend ein großes Fest werden. Er beauftragt die Beiden ein Dutzend Eier für die Hochzeitstorte zu besorgen. Ein schier ummögliches Unterfangen denn Lebensmittel sind knapp und jeder muss nach sich selbst schauen. Auf dem Weg durch die zerstörte Stadt lernen sie Freunde und Feinde und vorallem sich kennen. Die Beiden werden ein Team, Freunde und schließen sich einer kleinen Gruppe an die weiß wo man evtl. Eier her bekommt. Frauen sind ein großes Thema für die beiden jungen Männer und schürt Diskussionen und erotische Gedanken. Das Ziel aber ist es, die Eier zu bekommen und man macht alles möglich und spielt sogar Schach mit einem hohen General um ans Ziel zu gelangen.
David Benioff ist ein großartiges Buch gelungen. Ein Roman der so einzigartig ist und die eigentliche traurige und tragische Ausgangsstimmung auch in etwas positives wendet. Denn zwischen Krieg, Leid und Elend gibt es doch Menschen die sich vertrauen, die hoffen, man lernt was echte Freundschaft ist und auch das es die große Liebe und wahre Gefühle wirklich gibt. Etwas ganz besonderes.