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A review by benjamstev
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
5.0
Not enough stars to give this one. Brilliant story telling combined with great moral complexity, a piece of “historical fiction” with few equals.
I seem to be an a largely unintentional Russian streak. Virtually all of my favorite books for the last 12 months have been written by Russians:
- Fathers and Sons (Turgenev)
- Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
- Lolita (Nabokov)
- Life and Fate (Grossman)
And I’m doing a re-read of The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov) for a UChicago class later this summer.
I seem to be an a largely unintentional Russian streak. Virtually all of my favorite books for the last 12 months have been written by Russians:
- Fathers and Sons (Turgenev)
- Brothers Karamazov (Dostoevsky)
- Lolita (Nabokov)
- Life and Fate (Grossman)
And I’m doing a re-read of The Master and Margarita (Bulgakov) for a UChicago class later this summer.