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 Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece. ...
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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 Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.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
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New. 2006. New Ed. 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......We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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I am having to break up the reading of 'Life and Fate'. Knowing that it is based on Vasily Grossman's real life experience it is dreadful to know the horrific lives and deaths of so many people at the hands of Hitlers Germans, and Joseph Stalin's tyranny. I do not read the book at bed time, and have read 'A walk in the Woods' by Bill Bryson during my first break from Life and Fate. I am now reading Enid Blyton's 'Up the Faraway Tree' before going back in to 'Life and Fate'.
Michael B
Dec 6, 2012
haunting book
This book was arrested by the KGB while the author was allowed to remain free. However copies had been smuggled abroad. It presents Soviet Communism as being little different to Nazism. Grossman intercuts between scenes in a gulag and a concentration camp. Grossman was a war reporter with the Soviet 'Red Star' newspaper, so he knows what he is talking about. The opening scenes of Stalingrad ablaze are unforgettable. I found the German former nanny being denounced as an enemy agent -and her pet cat killed-so that someone could take her apartment as it had an extra room very reminiscent of what family members told me about the Second World War. British POWs spilling the beans about a radio to the Germans so that they could have cigaretttes, chocolate or just get into their captors' good books. Parts of it could have done with a literary editor but it was written in secret and has a few rough edges here and there, in as much as one can tell in translation.
Andrew M
Dec 1, 2011
Stalingrad, Stalin and Soviet Society
I came to this novel with the assistance of Athony Beevor's 'Stalingrad', though could be enjoyed without it.Following the complexity of the narrative of the family relationships is difficult but it draws you in to a deeply human tale of the effects of war on individuals and society. At times so moving it almost becomes unbearable.This is a book I had to resist the temptation to finish in one sitting. Truly worth your time
Steven W S
Nov 24, 2011
My Favorite Book
This great book is my favorite historical novel. Its scope and power allow the reader to fully understand the fact that Russian Communism and German National Socialism were little more than ugly, feuding brothers, struggling for power.
billbolen
Mar 4, 2010
Classic WW2 epic
One of great novels to come out of WWII. Based around battle of Stalingrad and families involved. Incredible insight into Soviet State and Fascism. Long read but worth it.