by Vasili Grossman · Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788416734948
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Life and Fate is a novel by Russian writer Vasily Grossman, published in 1980. The novel tells the story of the Battle of Stalingrad, one of the bloodiest episodes of World War II, through the eyes of a Russian family. The novel is a critique of totalitarianism, both Nazism and Stalinism, and a defense of individual freedom. The novel has been translated into numerous languages and has been adapted for film and theater.
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.
