At the centre of this epic novel, overshadowing the lives of its huge cast of Russian & German characters, looms the battle of Stalingrad. Within a world torn apart by ideological tyranny & war, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies.
Completed in 1960 but confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society rejected the compromises of a lifetime & earned its author denunciation & disgrace. It remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.