City of Thieves: A Novel (edit title)

Ben C edited the ridiculously simplified synopsis of City of Thieves: A Novel Tuesday, December 1 2009.

• Added: Two Russian prisoners are sent to find a dozen eggs for the general daughters wedding during WW2 era Stalingrad

Diversity of Life edited the quotations of City of Thieves: A Novel Saturday, November 14 2009.

• Added a quotation: “There is a place beyond hunger, beyond fatigue, where time no longer seems to move and the body's misery no longer seems fully your own.”

Timothy Gray edited the awards of City of Thieves: A Novel Sunday, October 25 2009.

• Added an award: Alex Award
• Added year of an award: Alex Award 2009

Sara S edited the first sentence of City of Thieves: A Novel Tuesday, September 8 2009.

• My grandfather, the knife fighter, killed two Germans before he was eighteen.

Shelfari edited the description of City of Thieves: A Novel Saturday, August 1 2009.

• As wise and funny as it is thrilling and original—the story of two young men on an impossible adventure A writer visits his retired grandparents in Florida to document their experience during the infamous siege of Leningrad. His grandmother won’t talk about it, but his grandfather reluctantly consents. The result is the captivating odyssey of two young men trying to survive against desperate odds. Lev Beniov considers himself “built for deprivation.” He’s small, smart, and insecure, a Jewish virgin too young for the army, who spends his nights working as a volunteer firefighter with friends from his building. 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 shot 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. A search that takes them through the dire lawlessness of Leningrad and the devastated surrounding countryside creates an unlikely bond between this earnest, lust-filled teenager and an endearing lothario with the gifts of a conman. Set within the monumental events of history, City of Thieves is an intimate coming-of-age tale with an utterly contemporary feel for how boys become men.

Shelfari edited the contributors of City of Thieves: A Novel Wednesday, July 22 2009.

• Added a contributor: David Benioff: (Primary Author)