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S'està carregant… City of Thieves: A Novel (2008 original; edició 2009)de David Benioff (Autor)
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Gorgeous, evocative, precise writing. And a hell of a great story. ( ) Great book. Funny, sad and horrifying at times. Historical background is the Russian perspective of the German invasion during WWII, specifically the siege of Leningrad/St. Petersburg. My favorite character is Kolya a young Soviet soldier who has some of the greatest quotes in the story and happens to be the source of most of the humor. It's a quick and easy read so I would suggest it to anyone. I found this entertaining and brief. I don't really have anything bad to say about it, but since the most interesting parts of book reviews are the negative comments (except for great works), I will mention the following. The construction of this book seems unusually transparent. I attribute this to the author being a screen writer. His technique of inserting a digression after the introduction to a tense scene (e.g. the sixth paragraph of chapter 19) is tried and true, but seems cinematic to me and somewhat cheap. Some descriptions seem like the brief visual descriptions that you see in a screenplay (e.g. the first paragraph of chapter 22). The overall structure of the story seems very cinematic to me, with all the right characters in the right places, and the dialogue and humor seem more modern than expected in a historical piece, but as would be expected in many modern movies like this. After reading the author's brief endnote, I think I will read "The 900 days". Also, as an aside, very few people know that my wife, Karen, was also NKVD, and she was the one who taught me to slash, never stab. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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HTML: When a dead German paratrooper lands in his street, Lev is caught looting the body and dragged to jail, fearing for his life. He shares his cell with the charismatic and grandiose Kolya, a handsome young soldier arrested on desertion charges. Instead of the standard bullet in the back of the head, Lev and Kolya are given a chance at saving their own lives by complying with an outrageous directive: secure a dozen eggs for a powerful 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 to find the impossible. .No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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