Life and Fate
Paperback Published on: 02/11/2023; Language: English, Russian (Original language of a translated text)
Price: £14.99
Synopsis
Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destiniesin 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 Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Vintage Publishing
- ISBN: 9780099506164
- Number of pages: 912
- Dimensions: 197 x 131 x 57 mm
- Weight: 616g
- Languages: English, Russian (Original language of a translated text)
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An Epic Read
I decided to read this on the strength of ad trailers for its serialisation on Radio 4 - and I am really glad that I did. This is an epic book in every sen... READ MORE
It WILL be a film one day but read it first!
A masterpiece of its age and place, to be read slowly over a long summer holiday, in this book, V. Grossman combines the eye of a journalist with the soul ... READ MORE
Harsh and beautiful
I'm so glad I did this. And I'm proud of myself! It was damn hard but massively impacting in ways nothing I have read on this subject area have been before... READ MORE
One of the best books ever written
Essential European reading, the very pinnacle of historical fiction, with astonishing human insight. A vast range of real characters meet WW2, Stalin and H... READ MORE
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Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
This just has to be one of the best ( if not THE best) war novels I have ever read! Along with Stalingrad by the same author which the Soviets had called “... READ MORE