A Writer at War: Vasily Grossman with the Red Army 1941-1945

Toronto: Alfred A. Knopf. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. 2005. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 067697810X . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ, dustjacket in Mylar, unclipped. ; B&W Illustrations; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 378 pages; "Edited and translated from the Russian by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova Knopf Canada is proud to present a masterpiece of the Second World War, never before published in English, from one of the great Russian writers of the 20th century – a vivid eyewitness account of the Eastern Front and “the ruthless truth of war.”When the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special correspondent for the Red Star, the Red Army’s newspaper. A Writer at War – based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered raw material for his articles – depicts the crushing conditions on the Eastern Front, and the lives and deaths of soldiers and civilians alike. It also includes some of the earliest reportage on the Holocaust. In the three years he spent on assignment, Grossman witnessed some of the most savage fighting of the war: the appalling defeats of the Red Army, the brutal street fighting in Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk (the largest tank engagement in history), the defense of Moscow, the battles in Ukraine and much more." Grossman is probably best known for his epic novels 'Life and Fate' and 'Stalingrad' .