by Vasiliĭ Semenovich Grossman · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860460197
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«Life and Fate» is the epic novel by Vasily Grossman, published by Harvill Press in paperback (880 pages, in English).
The novel follows a wide range of Soviet characters during World War II, at the front and behind the lines, as Grossman portrays the clash between Nazism and Stalinism. It reflects on totalitarianism, individual freedom and the moral resistance of ordinary people.
Written in 1960 in Russian as «Жизнь и судьба», it is the third installment in Grossman's Stalingrad Trilogy; the English translation is by Robert Chandler.
For readers of historical fiction and Russian literature, especially those looking for works about World War II and totalitarian regimes.
Vasily Semyonovich Grossman was a Soviet writer and journalist. Born to a Jewish family in Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire, Grossman trained as a chemical engineer at Moscow State University, earning the nickname Vasya-khimik because of his diligence as a student. Upon graduation, he took a job in Stalino in the Donets Basin. In the 1930s he changed careers and began writing full-time, publishing a number of short stories and several novels.
