The narrative is framed as a “story within a story.” It is told by Lev in first person but is set up as if it has been related to Lev’s grandson, David, a writer, and though it may appear it is the author’s grandfather, the story is purely fictional.īenioff displays a knack for storytelling. This book is a story of a friendship and a journey in which both Lev and Kolya will be tested and changed through their shared experiences. There wasn’t time for any legal niceties.” They are offered an opportunity to be pardoned by bringing a Soviet colonel a dozen eggs within the week, though the city is under blockade, people are starving, and bodies lie in the streets.
“If you broke the law and you were caught, you were dead. They meet in a Leningrad prison and expect to be executed for their crimes. Kolya, an early twenty-something Russian soldier, is accused of desertion.
Lev, a half-Jewish seventeen-year-old firefighter, is accused of looting. Harrowing but hopeful historical fiction set in winter, 1942, during the Siege of Leningrad in WWII.
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