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A writer at war

Vasiliĭ Semenovich Grossman

Soviet Union Soviet Personal Narratives Soviet Union. Raboche-KrestʹI︠A︡Nskai︠A︡ Krasnai︠A︡ Armii︠A︡

A Writer at War is based on the notebooks in which Vasily Grossman gathered his raw material. It depicts as never before the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front and the lives and deaths of infantrymen, tank drivers, pilots, snipers and civilians alike.