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About Evil, Part 4
The previous installment in this ‘About Evil’ series noted how Maximilien Aue, the narrator of Littell’s The Kindly Ones, managed to deny that Untersturmführer Döll was properly to b… more →
The Kindly Ones
Vasily Grossman - Life and Fate
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wrote 1 month ago: Fragile and persistent shoots of humanity keep struggling through Vasily Grossman was a Ukrainian jo … more →
A Writer at War with the Red Army, 1941-1945
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wrote 2 months ago: Vasily Grossman’s great novel, Life and Fate, draws on his experiences as a correspondent for Red St … more →
Life and Fate, Part III
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wrote 5 months ago: Vasily Grossman, 1945 In the final part of Vasily Grossman’s novel, Life and Fate, the tide of battl … more →
Life and Fate, Part II
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wrote 5 months ago: In the post about Part I of Vadisy Grossman’s long novel, Life and Fate, I commented that, although … more →
Life and Fate, Part I
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wrote 6 months ago: In 1869 Leo Tolstoy published the complete War and Peace, his epic novel depicting Russian life and … more →
"Life and Fate" on TV or An Attempt at a Review
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wrote 6 months ago: So… Last week I was in Tallinn and was able to follow the launch of the new TV series based on … more →
Poetry readings
wrote 7 months ago: There are many students at Bedales who have a love for literature. Not only is there a literary soci … more →
Fate and Life II
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wrote 8 months ago: The Tree of Wisdom Fate, then, is a name for facts not yet passed under the fire of thought; for cau … more →
Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman
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wrote 9 months ago: I’m in Singapore, en route to Russia, and I’ve just finished reading Life and Fate by Va … more →
Sensational Snippets: Life and Fate, by Vasily Grossman
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wrote 9 months ago: As part of my Year of Russian Reading, I have begun Life and Fate, Vasily Grossman’s magnum op … more →
The sea....
wrote 10 months ago: “Yes, if the sea was able to think, then every storm would make its waters dream of hap … more →
Vasily Grossman - "A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945"
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wrote 1 year ago: I’m slightly obsessed with Mr Grossman. Not only did he write one of the most enjoyable and in … more →
Life and Fate
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wrote 1 year ago: We’re two weeks into the new year and stories are everywhere, it seems. There’s Melvyn B … more →
Best Fiction of 2011: a Central and Eastern European roundup
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wrote 1 year ago: A selection of fiction from the Czech Republic to Russia noted by critics in the year’s “Best of” li … more →
I Have Seen
wrote 1 year ago: I have seen that it is not man who is impotent in the struggle against evil, but the power of evil t … more →
Before Life and Fate
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wrote 1 year ago: Before Life and Fate came For a Just Cause. I was recently re-reading the novel again and what I rea … more →
Is this the greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century? Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman
wrote 1 year ago: “Books shape our lives and transform the way we see ourselves and each other. The best books a … more →
The Life and Fate of podcasts
wrote 1 year ago: Aaargh! I’m not one to complain, but this is a special case. I use a podcast app on my mobile … more →
Holiday in North Korea
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wrote 1 year ago: I confess. We can afford to go on holidays (at the moment anyway). My problem is I read the news an … more →
