City of thieves
By: David Benioff
Publisher: Plume
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780452295292
Subjects: Russians; Reminiscing in old age; Grandparent and child; Siege of Saint Petersburg (Russia : 1941-1944) fast (OCoLC)fst01354921; Fiction; History
Description: Documenting his grandparents' experiences during the siege of Leningrad, a young writer learns his grandfather's story about how a military deserter and he tried to secure pardons by gathering hard-to-find ingredients for a powerful colonel's daughter's wedding cake.
Notes: Originally published: New York : Viking, 2008.