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Ian
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“Musya watched as sub-units of the SS and SD … and a column of cars belonging to the Gestapo drew up at the gates of the sleeping ghetto. In those few minutes of moonlight she took the measure of the history of our age.”
— Oct 24, 2026 06:10PM
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Ian
is on page 200 of 906
Creates a vast, vast world, and doesn’t hesitate to jump between characters:
- Lyudmila, whose son is killed in battle at Stalingrad
- Victor, her husband, whose mother (a Jew) was killed by the SS
- Abarchuk, Lyudmila’s former husband, now a political prisoner in the gulag in Siberia
To name only three. Grossman captures the pathos of an era, the people “forgotten in those unforgettable years”
— Oct 24, 2026 06:47AM
- Lyudmila, whose son is killed in battle at Stalingrad
- Victor, her husband, whose mother (a Jew) was killed by the SS
- Abarchuk, Lyudmila’s former husband, now a political prisoner in the gulag in Siberia
To name only three. Grossman captures the pathos of an era, the people “forgotten in those unforgettable years”
Ian
is on page 101 of 906
This book is great. Definitely feeling Russian, it’s making me think of some Chekhov and Tolstoy short stories I’ve read — and Dostoevsky — meets Stalingrad.
“War and Peace” but 20th century is what I heard going in. Grossman is a really good writer.
— Oct 11, 2026 05:23PM
“War and Peace” but 20th century is what I heard going in. Grossman is a really good writer.