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Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman
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Description for Life and Fate
Paperback. A novel that focuses on overshadowing the lives of a huge cast of Russian and German characters which looms the battle of Stalingrad. Num Pages: 912 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 658.
Life and Fate is an epic tale of twentieth-century Russia told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad.
As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war.
Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.
'One of the finest Russian novels of the 20th century' Daily Telegraph
'Compelling... ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Number of Pages
912
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099506164
SKU
V9780099506164
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99-99
About Vasily Grossman
Vasily Grossman was born in 1905. In 1941, he became a war reporter for the Red Army newspaper Red Star and came to be regarded as a legendary war hero. Life and Fate, his masterpiece, was considered a threat to the totalitarian regime, and Grossman was told that there was no chance of the novel being published for another 200 ... Read more
Reviews for Life and Fate
The War and Peace of the 20th century
Antony Beevor One of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century
Times Literary Supplement
It is only a matter of time before Grossman is acknowledged as one of the great writers of the 20th century... Life and Fate is a book that demands to be talked about
Guardian ... Read more
Antony Beevor One of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century
Times Literary Supplement
It is only a matter of time before Grossman is acknowledged as one of the great writers of the 20th century... Life and Fate is a book that demands to be talked about
Guardian ... Read more