Secure City Of Thieves Executed By David Benioff Rendered As Manuscript

book made me laugh, it made me cry, it made me feel, It is a book about friendship during the worst of times, It is my favorite book so far this year, The writing is fabulous!

"Firelight shone through the mullioned windows, warm and buttery, spilling onto the snow in front of the house.
Black smoke plumed from the chimney, barely visible as a curling smudge against the dark blue sky, It looked like the most inviting house ever built, the country residence of the emperor's favorite general, heated and well stocked for Christmas with everyone's favorite smoked meats and pastries.
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I highly recommend this book! on English, followed by the Bulgarian one, Ревюто на английски е първо, следва това на български.

A great book for a single week from the WWII in the former USSR,

A book that Russian could hardly write too much propaganda has long blurred the whole truth, the archives are classified until, and they will probably again prolong the ban on exploration.
Because the story that lies beneath is beyond the possibilities of the human imagination of the XXIst century.


No one wants to know much about the socalled "blockade" about how people are left to starve to death without need, hostages of their crazy and bloodthirsty ruler Joe Stalin, while importing without issues raw materials for the military industry as well as to export the weapons that were produced in Leningrad, so much needed by the Red Army at that moment.
No one wants to know about the flourishing balck market and cannibalism, but at the same time, party members and their families have shed even delicacies.
For the relentless guerrilla war, in which the lives of the civilians were of little value to both sides.


Benioff has a live feather, his characters are excellently created and not for a moment you will have the desire to leave the adventures of Lev, Kolya and Vika.
And hope for the best for them, despite their unrealistic chances in this frenzy,

Though it has been told lightly, it is a story that can give the reader a lot!

P.
S. Today, instead of benting heads in memory of those who died in Leningrad during the war, they celebrate and hold a parade.
Crazy! I will not put photos from the "blockade" , there are enough of them to be finded in the net.


I did changed my mind, will publish one photo, just one:



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Ето я "блокадата" на Ленинград, в дневника на чекиста Бобровстраници, плюскал до насита през цялото време и тази на Таня Савичевастраници, на шест от които е описана гладната смърт на цялото ѝ семейство
Живели са едва на няколко крачки един от друг.

Чудесна книга за една седмица от ВСВ в СССР.

Такава, каквато руснак трудно би могъл да напише твърде многото пропаганда отдавна е размила почти цялата истина, архивите са засекретени до, че и сигурно след това пак ще удължат забраната да се проучват. Защото историята която лежи там, е извън възможностите на човешките представи на XXI век.

Никой не иска да знае толкова за така наречената "блокада" затова, как хората са оставени да измрат от глад без да има нужда, заложници на мракобесното си управление, а е могло същевременно да се внасят суровини и материали за военната индустрия, както и да се изнасят свободно произведените в Ленинград оръжия, толкова нужни на болшевишката армия в този момент.

Никой не иска да знае за спекулата и човекоядството, а в същото време партийните номенклатурчици и семействата им са плюскали до насита дори и деликатеси.

За безмилостната партизанска война, в която животът на цивилните е бил с нищожна цена и за двете страни в конфликта.

Бениоф има живо перо, героите му са отлично създадени и нито за момент не те напуска желанието да оставиш приключенията на Лев, Коля и Вика. И да се надяваш на найдоброто за тях, въпреки нереалните им шансове в тази бясна обстановка.

Макар наглед лековато разказана, това е история, която може много да даде на читателя!

P, S. Днес, вместо да сведат глави в памет на загиналите в Ленинград по време на войната, рашистите празнуват и провеждат парад. Ненормалници!

Снимки от "блокадата" също няма да сложа, има достатъчно от тях в мрежата.

P. S. Промених си мнението и качих една снимка по горе, само една

Корицата на българското издание естествено е ужасно дебилна Growing up in Poland you couldn't escape but

be exposed to Polish war movies and dramas, The war defined this country and its people, with the country being completely destroyed and around,million people dead because the Western powers trusted Stalin the country borders also changed, with parts of eastern Poland being ceded to contemporary Ukraine and Lithuania.
But the rotten top of the cake came when the country fell under the influence of the USSR, and disappeared behind the Iron Curtain for over half a century.
However, Polish people are stubborn: theSolidarity led to the creation of the Soviet's block first trade union, and the subsequent protests formed a wave of reactions throughout Europe, which eventually led to countries breaking away from the Soviet sphere of influence and gaining independence.


So what did the Polish people do during all these grim years And they were grim all right: imagine walking into a store and seeing nothing, literally nothing on its shelves and then going into another one and seeing empty shelves again, and in another one, and another.
Food stamps were not welfare number of goods one could purchase was limited, with most not being available at all.
The black market flourished for those who could afford it, but mostly people stood in long queues to buy whatever was available at the moment.
Everything was scarce.









This is not Black Friday but a normal Polish week in the's and's.


You'd be surprised to hear that culturally the country wasn't doing so bad, It was during this time that it produced classic motion pictures and dramas, most of which are highly regarded to this day for their witty social humor and relentless mocking and parodying of the opressive regime, in particular its absurd bureaucracy.
It was the time when science fiction could be used as political commentary in thin disguise, and so was music.
With severe limits imposed on them, people sought to express themselves and to great effect even in sports.
InFIFA World Cup Poland got the third place which is practically unbelieveable when you look at the contemporary face of Polish football after losing:to West Germany in a dramatic match the game was goalless forminutes as both teams struggled on the rain soaked field.


The war also made an impact on Polish entertainment, Two of the most popular and enduring Polish TV series have both been about it: The first, More Than Life At Stake was a suspenseful espionage drama about a Polish double agent in the Abwehr in occupied Poland, which cleared the streets when it aired as people were rushing to those who had a television set to not miss an episode the second, Four tankmen and a dog was a whimsical series about the adventures of a Ttank crew and their dog in the Polish army.
It was largely a proSoviet propaganda piece, made to whitewash the Soviets but people loved it and still do.
How I Unleashed World War II is a series of three comic films about a Polish soldier who is convinced that by an incredible strain of coincidences he has started the second World War and wants to undo it, constantly getting himself into trouble on different theaters of war.
The movies poke fun at the German soldiers relentlessly and brought some joy to people of the country which suffered so much at their hands.
And it is these whimsical films that I was reminded of when I read City of Thieves.
David Benioff is an estabilished American screenwriter who wrote screenplays for the HBO adaptation of Game of Thrones and movies such as Troy and XMen Origins: Wolverine.
City of Thieves is purpotedly based on true experiences of his grandfather during the siege of Leningrad.


Leningrand is now named Saint Petersburg, and is located near the Gulf of Finland in northwestern Russia.
It is the second largest city in the country with over five million inhabitans, and has formerly served as the capital of the Russian Empire.
All great Russian revolutions of the earlyth century took place there the Revolution of, the February Revolution and the pivotal Russian Revolution ofwhich abolished Nicholas II and ended the Russian Empire and led to the creation of the Soviet Union.
After Lenin's death the city was renamed "Leningrad" to honor him the name was changed to Saint Petersburg in.
Today it is an important Baltic port and a cultural center the place of birth of Dmitri Shostakovich, Vladmir Nabokov and Ayn Rand, the setting of Crime and Punishment.
Through its middle flows the river Neva, and in its center sits the Winter Palace the former residence of the Russian Monarchs, described to me by my mother as the grandest building she ever saw.


The city is also the site of the deadliest siege in the history of warfare, From Septemberto Januarythe German army severed the last land connection, Over a million of Red Army soldiers and hundreds of thousands of civilians lost their lives due to the bombings, famine and terrible cold.
Init received the Soviet honorary title of "Hero City" an award it shares with Moscow, Odessa, Kiev and Stalingrad among others.


image error I regret not reading David Benioff's superb City of Thieves at an earlier date.
I'm hot and cold with WWII stories, which accounts for some of my reluctance in getting this one started.
Luckily, my steadfast, bookrecommending friend, Josh Bragg, prompted me to pick it off my shelf and give it a read.
It is both the most entertaining WWII story I've read in recent years, and the most emotionally hardhitting.
Benioff is able to bring to life his grandfather's story with enough playful fudging of the facts as per his grandfather's request that it blurs the line between fiction and nonfiction, but reads most like a stunning novel.


City of Thieves introduces the reader toyearold narrator Lev Beniov, a jewish man living in Leningrad during the Nazi siege.
Lev is timid, goldenhearted, and on a quest to find his first sexual experience amidst freezing temps and famine.
When Lev is arrested for looting the corpse of a Nazi paratrooper, he is sent on a mission withyearold Kolya to retrieve a dozen eggs for the wedding cake of a colonel's daughter.
The seemingly silly premise encapsulates the charm of the novel: it mixes the life and death stakes of the war with the absurd and hilarious.


The novel's beating heart is its two leads and their relationship, Kolya's boisterous, crude, and relentlessly upbeat attitude provides the perfect foil to Lev's hesitant, unsure teenage lead, I was often put in stitches by Kolya's offcolour remarks and quips, and Benioff is able to turn a scene from despair to delight with remarkable skill.
This ability to go from the harsh realities of war to pure black comedy kept me hooked on this book page after page, and dealt with many of my complaints about WWII stories without every losing their edge.
The book also deftly manages to contrast the friends' lockerroom talk with a strong, emotionally resonant, male relationship.


Benioff's writing also surprised me, This book sat on my shelf and I referred to it as "the one by the guy who's the showrunner for Game of Thrones.
" Unfortunately, this generalization does Benioff a great disservice as he realizes his vision and characters with readable, strong prose, and superb dialogue.
There are many books in which characters are hungry, cold, happy, or sad, but it is rare the book in which those emotions are felt by the reader.
Benioff had me feeling to bonechill of Russia in winter, the elation of the leads, the hunger of its protagonists, and the tragedy of of war.
I love Game of Thrones, but Benioff would do well to return to the publishing world for a few more books!

This book snuck up on me.
It's a charming, enthralling, hilarious, and heartfelt read, I tried to space out my readings to savour Benioff's prose or to spend a bit more time with the characters.
The ending manages to be both heart wrenching and uplifting, and stuck the landing far better than I had imagined it would.
Again, thanks to Josh Bragg for this recommendation and I hope it soon finds its way into many of your hands!.