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This new translation of the Russian-language novelist’s patriotic work hints at his future tests on the limits of Soviet censorship
The clear-eyed chronicler of the darkest days of 20th-century history is startlingly relevant for the war in Ukraine
Both the right and the left are in thrall to identity politics
A stirring biography of one of the greatest chroniclers of the horrors of Nazism and Stalinism
Maly Drama Theatre of St Petersburg’s adaptation of Vasily Grossman’s sprawling novel is a remarkable achievement
Rising sales of non-English fiction have boosted the profile of the writers’ art
A battle that changed the course of the second world war is reduced to video-game combat scenes
Vasily Grossman’s memoir on his stay in Armenia is the most personal of his works
An excellent introduction to Vasily Grossman’s hauntingly powerful fiction and reportage
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