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Oh what mental anguish Grossman goes through as he struggles deal with what he saw during World War II: Stalingrad, the Russian front, and being one of the first journalists into the death camps. To come to terms with it himself, but then to get it published in the Soviet Union at time when all the editors were publishing to a political imperative, must have been equally daunting.
— Jan 31, 2023 05:33PM
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Why did the revolution so steeped in high ideals fail? Why did it turn on its people? Why do its leaders care so little for its people? I have read some 20 or 30 books on Russia and the Soviet Union trying but not understanding Why? Why? Why?
Now I think I have an idea why thanks to Vasily Grossman whose three books should be read as a trilogy, along with Grossman's biography by Elizabeth and Robert Chandler
— Feb 05, 2023 04:26PM
Now I think I have an idea why thanks to Vasily Grossman whose three books should be read as a trilogy, along with Grossman's biography by Elizabeth and Robert Chandler
