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The Resource Life and fate : a novel, Vasily Grossman ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler

Life and fate : a novel, Vasily Grossman ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler

Label
Life and fate : a novel
Title
Life and fate
Title remainder
a novel
Statement of responsibility
Vasily Grossman ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler
Creator
Contributor
Author
Translator
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • rus
  • eng
Summary
On its completion in 1960, Life and fate was suppressed by the KGB. Twenty years later, the novel was smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm. At the centre of this epic novel looms the battle of Stalingrad. Within a world torn apart by ideological tyranny and war, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies. Chief among these are the members of the Shaposhnikov family-- Lyudmila, a mother destroyed by grief for her dead son; Viktor, her scientist-husband who falls victim to anti-semitism; and Yevgenia, forced to choose between her love for the courageous tank-commander Novikov and her duty to her former husband. Life and fate is one of the great Russian novels of the 20th century, and the richest and most vivid account there is of what the Second World War meant to the Soviet Union
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Cataloging source
DLC
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Grossman, Vasiliĭ
Dewey number
891.73/42
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
no index present
Language note
Translated into English from original Russian
LC call number
PG3476.G7
LC item number
Z3513 1986
Literary form
novels
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1953-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Chandler, Robert
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943
  • World War, 1939-1945
  • Soviet Union
  • Social conditions
  • Russia (Federation)
  • Soviet Union
Label
Life and fate : a novel, Vasily Grossman ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm13820615
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
880 pages
Isbn
9781590172018
Lccn
85042567
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps
Label
Life and fate : a novel, Vasily Grossman ; translated from the Russian by Robert Chandler
Publication
Copyright
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
ocm13820615
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First U.S. edition.
Extent
880 pages
Isbn
9781590172018
Lccn
85042567
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations, maps

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