David Benioff: City of Thieves, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

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. A thrilling novel from the critically-acclaimed author of THE 25TH HOUR and one of Hollywood's brightest screenwriting stars.

Beschreibung

From the writer of the award-winning Game of Thrones series for HBO based on the books of George R. R. Martin.

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.

Klappentext

The long-awaited new novel by the critically-acclaimed author of THE 25TH HOUR. Four months into the siege of Leningrad, Lev fears for his life when he is arrested for looting, while Kolya, arrested for desertion, seems bizarrely unafraid. Dawn brings, instead of the execution squad, an impossible challenge. Lev and Kolya can find a dozen eggs for a colonel to use for his daughter's wedding cake, and live. Or fail, and die. 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.