Life and Fate
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Life and Fate is a monumental World War II novel by Vasily Grossman that portrays the Battle of Stalingrad and the clash between totalitarian regimes through the intertwined lives of a Soviet family.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Life and Fate canonical | 1 |
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Russian novel
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historical novel ⓘ novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| author | Vasily Grossman NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| censorship | confiscated by KGB ⓘ |
| comparedTo | War and Peace NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| completionDate |
1959
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1960 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Soviet Union ⓘ |
| depicts |
Eastern Front of World War II
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World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslationYear | 1985 ⓘ |
| EnglishTranslator | Robert Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| firstPublicationPlace | Switzerland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstPublicationYear | 1980 ⓘ |
| follows | Shaposhnikov family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical fiction
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philosophical novel ⓘ war novel ⓘ |
| includesSetting |
Moscow scientific institute
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Nazi concentration camp ⓘ Soviet labor camp ⓘ Stalingrad front line ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | major 20th‑century Russian novel ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Abarchuk
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Krymov NERFINISHED ⓘ Lyudmila Shaposhnikova NERFINISHED ⓘ Viktor Shtrum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSetting | Battle of Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third‑person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of Stalinism
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epic scope ⓘ philosophical digressions ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | Russian ⓘ |
| pageCountApprox | 900 ⓘ |
| partOf | Stalingrad duology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| portrays |
Nazi totalitarianism
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Soviet totalitarianism ⓘ |
| prequel | Stalingrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationStatusInUSSR | banned ⓘ |
| structure | multi‑strand narrative ⓘ |
| theme |
Holocaust
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Soviet society ⓘ antisemitism ⓘ clash between totalitarian regimes ⓘ family under totalitarianism ⓘ individual freedom ⓘ moral choice ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1942–1943 ⓘ |
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