(Ebook) The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman, Translated by, Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Julia Volohova ISBN 9781681376783, 1681376784

(Ebook) The People Immortal by Vasily Grossman, Translated by, Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler, Julia Volohova ISBN 9781681376783, 1681376784

Written by Vasily Grossman Unedited Translation by Robert Chandler, Elizabeth Chandler and Julia VolohovaIntroduction and afterword by Robert Chandler and Julia VolohovaVasily Grossman wrote three novels about the Second World War, each offering a distinct take on what a war novel can be, and each in their own way extraordinary. A common set of characters links Stalingrad and Life and Fate together, but Stalingrad is not only a moving and exciting story of desperate defense and the turning tide of war, but also a monumental memorial for the countless civilian war dead. Life and Fate, by contrast, is a work of moral and political philosophy as well as a novel, and the deep question it explores is whether or not it is possible to behave ethically in the face of overwhelming violence. The People Immortal is something else entirely. Set during the catastrophic first months of the Axis forces invasion of the Soviet Union, this is the tale of an army battalion dispatched to slow the advancing enemy at all costs, with eventual encirclement and annihilation its only end. A rousing story of resistance, The People Immortal is the novel as a weapon in hand.