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Fiction: Past & Present (2009): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Audiobook

By: David Benioff
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Read By: John Freeman Publisher: Los Angeles Times Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 0.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.38 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: August 2009 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN:
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.

John Freeman is the American editor of Granta magazine. A former president of the National Book Critics Circle, his criticism has appeared in publications around the world. Freeman's book The Tyranny of Email: The Four-Thousand-Year Journey to Your Inbox is due out in October.

David Benioff adapted his first novel, The 25th Hour, into the feature film directed by Spike Lee. With many other screenplays to his credit, he is also the writer of the forthcoming films Brothers and X-Men Origins: Wolverine. Benioff's latest novel is City of Thieves.

Achy Obejas is the author of the award-winning novel Days of Awe and the newly released Ruins. She is editor of the crime-fiction anthology Havana Noir and the Sor Juana Writer in Residence at DePaul University. Born in Havana, she continues to spend extended time there.

Susan Straight's book A Million Nightingales was nominated for a Los Angeles Times 2007 Book Prize in Fiction. Her short story in the anthology Los Angeles Noir was the winner of a 2008 Edgar Award. Highwire Moon was a National Book Award finalist.

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"I loved this book and the authors writting. It is a serious book but with some humor. Takes place in Russia during the 2nd World War and about survival. The author has a very good way with words. "

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    " Funny and sad; serious and lighthearted. An excellent read with more depth and lightness than expected. "

    — Karen, 6/27/2011
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    " I enjoyed the book and really liked the story (I've wanted to read more about WWII in Russia), but there was a LOT of vulgarity. "

    — Jeanette, 6/26/2011
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    " A really remarkable war story - often brutal, but with such an overall sweetness and humor about it that it works. "

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    " Excellent Story! I could picture this story as I read it. Loved the characters! Quick read. "

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    " I loved this book. It is set in Russia during Hitler's march on Stahlingrad. It's witty, poignant and well written. I highly recommend it! "

    — Breanna, 6/21/2011
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    " This was a good story, but has loads of swearing and what bothered me more was the gross sexual comments. Maybe I'm just really sheltered? "

    — Elizabeth, 6/19/2011
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    " At first I didn't think much of this but gradually I got caught up and loved it. It should get four and a half! "

    — Amy, 6/18/2011

About David Benioff

David Benioff is an author and screenwriter. His first novel, The 25th Hour,  was adapted into a popular feature film. His short story collection, When the Nines Roll Over, received critical acclaim. He lives in Los Angeles and New York.

About John Freeman

John Freeman is the editor of Freeman’s, a literary annual of new writing, and executive editor at Alfred A. Knopf. His books include How to Read a Novelist and Dictionary of the Undoing, as well as Tales of Two Americas and Tales of Two Planets. He is also the author of two poetry collections, Maps and The Park. His work is translated into more than twenty languages and has appeared in the New Yorker, Paris Review, and New York Times. The former editor of Granta, he teaches writing at New York University.