{"product_id":"stalingrad-paperback-1","title":"Stalingrad - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVasily Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eElizabeth Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in English for the first time, t\u003c\/b\u003ehe prequel to Vasily Grossman's \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e of the twentieth Century.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini meet in Salzburg where they agree on a renewed assault on the Soviet Union. Launched in the summer, the campaign soon picks up speed, as the routed Red Army is driven back to the industrial center of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. In the rubble of the bombed-out city, Soviet forces dig in for a last stand. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story told in Vasily Grossman's \u003ci\u003eStalingrad \u003c\/i\u003eunfolds across the length and breadth of Russia and Europe, and its characters include mothers and daughters, husbands and brothers, generals, nurses, political activists, steelworkers, and peasants, along with Hitler and other historical figures. At the heart of the novel is the Shaposhnikov family. Even as the Germans advance, the matriarch, Alexandra Vladimirovna, refuses to leave Stalingrad. Far from the front, her eldest daughter, Ludmila, is unhappily married to the Jewish physicist Viktor Shtrum. Viktor's research may be of crucial military importance, but he is distracted by thoughts of his mother in the Ukraine, lost behind German lines. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eStalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e, published here for the first time in English translation, and in its celebrated sequel, \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, Grossman writes with extraordinary power and deep compassion about the disasters of war and the ruthlessness of totalitarianism, without, however, losing sight of the little things that are the daily currency of human existence or of humanity's inextinguishable, saving attachment to nature and life. Grossman's two-volume masterpiece can now be seen as one of the supreme accomplishments of twentieth-century literature, tender and fearless, intimate and epic.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eVasily Grossman\u003c\/b\u003e (1905-1964) worked as a reporter for the army newspaper \u003ci\u003eRed Star\u003c\/i\u003e during World War II. His vivid yet sober \u003ci\u003eThe Hell of Treblinka\u003c\/i\u003e was translated and used as testimony in the Nuremberg trials. His novels \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEverything Flows\u003c\/i\u003e; a collection of stories, journalism, and essays, \u003ci\u003eThe Road\u003c\/i\u003e; and a work of travel writing, \u003ci\u003eAn Armenian Sketchbook\u003c\/i\u003e, are all published by NYRB Classics. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e has translated many NYRB Classics, including Vasily Grossman's \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as \u003ci\u003eSoul\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Foundation Pit \u003c\/i\u003eby Andrey Platanov. He lives in London. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Chandler\u003c\/b\u003e is a co-translator, with Robert Chandler, of several titles by Andrey Platonov and Vasily Grossman.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1088\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2 x 8 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 11, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42166039281799,"sku":"9781681373270","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/8a6e4da8da29a5fc5f3c78ac607c78cb.webp?v=1733318003","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/stalingrad-paperback-1","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}