Biography
The Life And Fate Of Vasily Grossman
2012·487 pages
This biography chronicles the life of Soviet writer Vasily Grossman, from his wartime reporting on the Eastern Front to his suppression under Stalin's regime.
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This biography chronicles the life of Soviet writer Vasily Grossman, from his wartime reporting on the Eastern Front to his suppression under Stalin's regime.
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Though he finished the war as a decorated lieutenant colonel, his epic account of the battle of Stalingrad, Life and Fate, was suppressed by Soviet authorities, and never published in his lifetime. Declared a ‘non-person’, Grossman died in obscurity. Only in 1980, with the posthumous publication in Switzerland of Life and Fate was his remarkable novel to gain an international reputation.
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Moderate depictions of WWII violence and atrocities likely present.
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Minor references to Jewish identity and persecution likely.
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Strong focus on Soviet oppression and political themes.
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Moderate focus on war-related suffering and systemic oppression.
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