{"product_id":"vasily-grossman-and-the-soviet-alexandra-popoff-9780300255379","title":"Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive biography of Soviet Jewish dissident writer Vasily Grossman, called \"gripping\" and \"fascinating\" by William Taubman in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Popoff] tells Grossman's story with sensitivity and a keen understanding of his world, drawing on little-known archival collections to produce what must be considered the definitive biography.\"--Douglas Smith, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2019 Cundill History Prize sponsored by McGill University; finalist in the 2019 National Jewish Book Awards, Biography category; w\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003einner of the Canadian Jewish Literary Award, Biography category\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If Vasily Grossman's 1961 masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e, had been published during his lifetime, it would have reached the world together with Pasternak's \u003ci\u003eDoctor Zhivago\u003c\/i\u003e and before Solzhenitsyn's \u003ci\u003eGulag\u003c\/i\u003e. But \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e was seized by the KGB. When it emerged posthumously, decades later, it was recognized as the \u003ci\u003eWar and Peace\u003c\/i\u003e of the twentieth century. Always at the epicenter of events, Grossman (1905-1964) was among the first to describe the Holocaust and the Ukrainian famine. His 1944 article \"The Hell of Treblinka\" became evidence at Nuremberg. Grossman's powerful anti-totalitarian works liken the Nazis' crimes against humanity with those of Stalin. His compassionate prose has the everlasting quality of great art. Because Grossman's major works appeared after much delay we are only now able to examine them properly. Alexandra Popoff's authoritative biography illuminates Grossman's life and legacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexandra Popoff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300255373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300255379\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.30d","brand":"Alexandra Popoff","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43978471145727,"sku":"9780300255379","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8d326411-a68f-487f-8e8b-1b919da1ac0e.jpg?v=1683241719","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/vasily-grossman-and-the-soviet-alexandra-popoff-9780300255379","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}