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Vasily Grossman, the greatest bard of the second world war
Like “Life and Fate”, the newly translated “Stalingrad” is a masterpiece
Stalingrad: A Novel. By Vasily Grossman. Translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler. NYRB Classics; 1,088 pages; $27.95. Harvill Secker; £25.
Vasily Grossman and the Soviet Century. By Alexandra Popoff. Yale University Press; 424 pages; $32.50 and £25.
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