VASILY GROSSMAN

Vasili Grossman , el autor de Vida y destino , una de las más grandes novelas del siglo XX, acompañó al ejército soviético en la segunda guerra mundial como corresponsal de "Estrella Roja". Al margen de lo que escribía para el periódico, Grossman dejó registradas sus experiencias en unos cuadernos, que se han mantenido inéditos hasta hoy, dond...

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When the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special correspondent for the "Red Star," the Soviet Army's newspaper, and reported from the frontlines of the war. "A Writer at War" depicts in vivid detail the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front, and the lives and deaths of soldiers and civilians alike. Witnessing some of...