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A Writer at War

Vasily Grossman with the Red Army, 1941-1945

by Василий Семёнович Гроссман, Antony Beevor, Luba Vinogradova

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A Writer at War is based on the notebooks in which Vasily Grossman gathered his raw material. It depicts as never before the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers and civilians alike.

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Book data: Open Library