Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century

Alexandra Popoff

Published by Yale University Press 2019

Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century

Alexandra Popoff

https://doi.org/10.12987/9780300245301

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The definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman

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Alexandra Popoff is a former Moscow journalist, an expert on Russian literature and cultural history, and the author of several literary biographies, including the award-winning Sophia Tolstoy, and The Wives, a Wall Street Journal best nonfiction title for 2012.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface and Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
1. In the Town of Berdichev Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	7
2. From Science to Literature and Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
3. Facts on the Ground: The Donbass Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	50
4. Great Expectations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	66
5. The Dread New World Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	85
6. The Inevitable War Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	105
7. 1941 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
8. The Battle of Stalingrad Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	144
9. Arithmetic of Brutality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	168
10. A Soviet Tolstoy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	200
11. Toward Life and Fate Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
12. The Novel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	252
13. An Unrepentant Heretic Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	271
14. Everything Flows Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
15. Keep My Words Forever Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	314
Epilogue Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	343
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	385
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	395

Language: English
Publisher: Yale University Press
Pages
- Main content: 384
Illustrations
- Other: 27 b-w illus.

eBook

Published: March 26, 2019
ISBN: 9780300245301