Life and Fate: **AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4** (2) (Vintage Classic Russians Series)
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- Synopsis
- Life and Fate is an epic tale of twentieth-century Russia told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad.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tyranny and war.Completed in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.'One of the finest Russian novels of the 20th century' Daily Telegraph'Compelling... Grossman's portrait is timelessly relevant... Life and Fate is worth all the audience it can find' The Times
- Copyright:
- 2006
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 912 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781446467046
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780099506164, 9781784871963
- Publisher:
- Random House
- Date of Addition:
- 10/24/23
- Copyrighted By:
- Vasily Grossman
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- History, Military, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Translator:
- Robert Chandler