Le ossa di Berdicev. La vita e il destino di Vasilij Grossman

There is so little out there about Vasily Grossman that I was really happy to get my hands on this, and was not wholly disappointed. It gave quite a lot of insight to his work and life, especially in the later period of his life. The first part, up to the mid thirties was not so helpful and should b Leggi tutto

Consigliato a tutti coloro che vogliono avvicinarsi a questo autore, avere la possibilità di leggerlo prima di imbattersi nei suoi romanzi vuol dire apprezzarli al 100%. Io purtroppo sono venuto a conoscenza di questo testo biografico in ritardo, comunque una lettura di spessore.

Garrards’ Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman reads like a guide to the book Stalingrad, explaining Grossman’s work, his personal investment in the war and representations of his life through the characters in his book. It also explains, as if we didn’t know, how the Germans handled the Jews which were Leggi tutto

This book will be of most interest to those who already know the incredibly courageous Vasili Grossman's great novels, "Life and Time" and "Forever Flowing." Having finished those, I found everything about this book to be useful, from the deep background in Russian history to Grossman's struggles wi Leggi tutto

Impresionante ensayo sobre la figura de Vasili Grossman, escritor ruso de origen judío, cuya obra cumbre Vida y destino estableció el paralelismo entre los dos totalitarismos que asolaron Europa en el siglo XX. Es el primero que desentrañó la inhumanidad de los "perros-lobo" que crearon las ideología Leggi tutto

Y sí. Katia se fue para no volver nunca más. Los sobrevivientes que volvieron regresaron a una vida cambiada para siempre. La casa, sus calles, los amores, la vida... todo cambió con la guerra. Katia -siendo una de la tribu de los Asra- fue de las que mueren cuando aman...

La vida y el destino de Vasili Grossman Denso ensayo que permite comprender la obra literaria de Grossman y valorarlo como el mas grande escritor ruso del sxx.