A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army
of Vasily Grossman, Antony Beevor (Editor), Luba Vinogradova (Translator)
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Edited and translated from the Russian by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova Knopf Canada is proud to present a masterpiece of the Second World War, never before published in English, from one of the great Russian writers of the 20th century â a vivid eyewitness account of the Eastern Front and âthe ruthless truth of war.âWhen the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special correspondent for the Red Star, the Red Armyâs newspaper. A Writer at War â based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered raw material for his articles â depicts the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front, and the lives and deaths of soldiers and civilians alike. It also includes some of the earliest reportage on the Holocaust. In the three years he spent on assignment, Grossman witnessed some of the most savage fighting of the war: the appalling defeats of the Red Army, the brutal street fighting in Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk (the largest tank engagement in history), the defense of Moscow, the battles in Ukraine, and much more.Historian Antony Beevor has taken Grossmanâs raw notebooks, and fashioned them into a narrative providing one of the most even-handed descriptions â at once unflinching and sensitive â we have ever had of what he called âthe ruthless truth of war.âFrom the Hardcover edition.
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 380 pages
- Publisher Vintage Canada
- Publication Date March 13th 2007
- First Publication 09/01/05
- Language English
- ISBN 9780676978117
- Edition Not informed
- Category History & Politics
- Scenario ['Soviet Union']
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