by Vasili Grossman · Galaxia Gutenberg, S.L. · tapa dura · ISBN 9788481097030
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«Vida y destino» is the war and historical novel by Vasili Grossman, published by Galaxia Gutenberg in hardcover (1120 pages, in Spanish).
Set during the Battle of Stalingrad, the novel interweaves stories of soldiers, prisoners and civilians trapped between the Nazi advance and Stalin's regime. Grossman portrays dehumanization at the front and in the camps, and the resistance of those who try to preserve freedom and compassion in the face of totalitarianism.
Edition no. 1 published on September 1, 2007; original title: «Жизнь и судьба».
For readers interested in World War II, Russian literature, and novels of political criticism.
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.
