By the author of Life & Fate, now a major Radio 4 drama starring Kenneth Branagh. Vasily Grossman is widely recognized as one of the outstanding literary figures of the twentieth century. The short fiction collected here
- satire, comedy, tragedy & pure narrative
- illustrate the remarkable breadth of his work, & demonstrate all the bold intelligence, delicate irony & extraordinary vividness for which he has become known. In addition to the eleven stories, this volume
Includes:: the complete text of ` The Hell of Treblinka`, one of the first descriptions of a Nazi extermination camp; a powerful & harrowing piece of journalism written only weeks after the camp was dissolved. Beautifully illuminated by Robert Chandler`s introductions & endnotes, with photographs from the family archive, & an Afterword by Grossman`s stepson, Fyodor Guber.