Life and Fate - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler (Introduction by)Series:New York Review Books ClassicsPublish date:2006-05-16Pages:896
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review of BooksISBN-13:9781590172018ISBN-10:1590172019UPC:9781590172018Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, War & Military, LiterarySize:8.02 x 5.36 x 1.87 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SC8PVANGE9
Life and Fate
A book judged so dangerous in the Soviet Union that not only the manuscript but the ribbons on which it had been typed were confiscated by the state, Life and Fate is an epic tale of World War II and a profound reckoning with the dark forces that dominated the twentieth century. Interweaving a transfixing account of the battle of Stalingrad with the story of a single middle-class family, the...
Series: New York Review Books Classics
Language:EnglishPublisher:New York Review of BooksISBN-13:9781590172018ISBN-10:1590172019UPC:9781590172018Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, War & Military, LiterarySize:8.02 x 5.36 x 1.87 inchesWeight:2.0415Product ID:SC8PVANGE9
Vasily Grossman (1905--1964) was born in Berdichev in present-day Ukraine, the home of one of the largest Jewish communities in Eastern Europe. After studying chemistry and working as a mining engineer, he was discovered by Maxim Gorky, whose support enabled him to begin publishing his writing. Grossman was a combat correspondent during World War II, covering the defense of Stalingrad, the fall...
Publisher: New York Review of Books
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