The People Immortal MacLehose Press 9781529414738 Set during catastrophic

Set during the catastrophic defeats of the war's first months, it tracks a Red Army regiment that wins a minor victory in eastern Belorussia but fails to exploit this success. A battalion is then entrusted with the task of slowing the German advance, and eventually encircled, before ultimately breaking out and joining with the rest of the Soviet forces. Grossman's descriptions of the natural world - and his characters' relationship to it - are both vivid and unexpected, as are his memorable character sketches: eleven-year-old Lionya is determined to hang on to his toy revolver as he walks a long distance behind German lines
his defiant grandmother slaps a German officer in the face and is shot
Kotenko, a fiercely anti-Soviet peasant who initially welcomes the Germans, hangs himself in despair when they treat him with contempt
and Semion Ignatiev, a womanizer and gifted story-teller, turns out to be the boldest and most resourceful of the rank-and file soldiers. Grossman spent most of the war years close to the front line. But The People Immortal is far from being mere morale-boosting propaganda. On the contrary, as letters included in this volume make clear, it was read as a textbook, and as a work of military education. This edition includes not only the unredacted novel itself, translated here for the first time since 1946, but also a wealth of background material.

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Штрих-код: 9781529414738
Цвет: Серый
ISBN: 9781529414738
Объем: 350
Ширина: 160 мм
Длина: 240 мм
Высота: 30 мм
Автор: Grossman Vasily
Год: 2022
Вес: 654 г
Группа: Книги
Обложка: твердый переплёт, суперобложка
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