Vasily Grossman is widely recognised by Russian scholars as one of the outstanding literary figures of the 20th century. The short fiction collected here - satire, comedy, tragedy and pure narrative - demonstrates all the bold intelligence, integrity and extraordinary vividness for which he has become known.
Vasily Grossman is widely recognised by Russian scholars as one of the outstanding literary figures of the 20th century. The short fiction collected h...
Offering a broad portrait of an age and a searing vision of Stalinist Russia, this book is also the story of a family, the Shaposhnikovs, whose lives in the army, the gulag, a physics institute, a power station and a concentration camp are stunningly evoked, from their darkest to their most poetic moments.
Offering a broad portrait of an age and a searing vision of Stalinist Russia, this book is also the story of a family, the Shaposhnikovs, whose lives ...
