Life and Fate: A Novel - Hardcover

Grossman, Vasily

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060153652 ISBN 13: 9780060153656

Publisher: HarperCollins, 1986

Synopsis

Chronicles the epic confrontation between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union, two totalitarian, anti-Semitic states, during the fierce battle of Stalingrad

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Review:

"One of the greatest masterpieces of the twentieth century" (Times Literary Supplement)

"It is only a matter of time before Grossman is acknowledged as one of the great writers of the 20th century... Life and Fate is a book that demands to be talked about" (Guardian)

"One of the finest Russian novels of the 20th century" (Daily Telegraph)

"Vasily Grossman's novel is burnt in my memory, not only by its huge canvas, its meditation on tyranny, and its dazzling description of war, but also because this is the novel that made me cry - not just a few leaked tears, but a full-scale sobbing episode - in Montpellier airport... Grossman lost his mother in a concentration camp. In Life and Fate, he writes with tenderness, and pain, not only of that experience but of what it is like to survive tyranny. A classic indeed" (Gillian Slovo Independent)

"One of the great writers of the last century" (Observer)

Book Description:

The greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century.

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0060153652
• ISBN 13: 9780060153656
• Binding: Hardcover