Life and Fate
38 hrs. 58 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Vasily Grossman
Author
Vasily Grossman
Narrator
Igor Taradaykin
Narrator
Igor Taradaykin
A piercing, hopeless truth about the lives of people and the world was told in the novel-epic “Life and Fate” by the ruthless and courageous writer Vasily Grossman. The book’s best heroes inevitably find themselves caught between two fires: fighting fascism, defending the Stalinist system—but how much do the German camp and the Lubyanka differ…? With their last strength, people fight for freedom and justice. But will they be free after victory?
A story about a liberating war for new slavery came from Grossman’s pen despite caution and the instinct of self-preservation: more than half a century ago, the novel was arrested, which shortened the author’s life. Today, his world-famous book is read like a harsh hymn to genuine freedom—the freedom of the spirit, whose preservation forms the foundation of human existence, and whose loss means inevitable death.
Attention! The audio recording contains profanity.
A story about a liberating war for new slavery came from Grossman’s pen despite caution and the instinct of self-preservation: more than half a century ago, the novel was arrested, which shortened the author’s life. Today, his world-famous book is read like a harsh hymn to genuine freedom—the freedom of the spirit, whose preservation forms the foundation of human existence, and whose loss means inevitable death.
Attention! The audio recording contains profanity.
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