Castles’s Reviews > A Writer At War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945 > Status Update

I see Mama in my dreams. She was right in front of my eyes, and so vivid, the whole night while I was travelling. After this I felt very strange all of the following day. No, I don't believe she is still alive. I travel around areas that have been liberated, and I see what these accursed monsters have done to old people and children. And Mama was Jewish. A desire to exchange my pen for a rifle is getting strong