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At the centre of this epic novel, overshadowing the lives of its huge cast of Russian and German characters, looms the battle of Stalingrad. Within a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies.
Completed in 1960 but confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society rejected the compromises of a lifetime and earned its author denunciation and disgrace. It remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.
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TRANSLATED BY ROBERT CHANDLER
'One of the finest Russian novels of the 20th century' Daily Telegraph
Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs. As the battle of Stalingrad looms Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war.
Completed in 1960 but confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West where it was hailed as a masterpiece.
See also: War and Peace
