Life & Fate

Grossman, Vasily

£10.99

This sweeping account of the siege of Stalingrad gives a panoramic view of the Soviet Union during World War Two, revealing a totalitarian regime where the spirit of freedom that arose among those under fire was feared by the state at least as much as were the Nazis.

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Publish Date: 05/10/2006
ISBN: 9780099506164 Category: Tag:

Description

The great Russian 20th-century novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad.

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 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Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.

“Compelling… Grossman’s portrait is timelessly relevant… Life and Fate is worth all the audience it can find” The Times

Additional information

Weight 649 g
Dimensions 200 × 134 × 47 mm
Author

Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

864

Language

English

Edition
Dewey

891.7344 (edition:22)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K