Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman (English) Paperback Book

Description: Everything Flows by Vasily Grossman, Robert Chandler Ivan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalins death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Translated into English for the first time, this is a fearless epic from one of the great writers of the twentieth centuryEverything Flows is as important a novel as anything written by Solzhenitsyn, and Robert Chandlers superb translation makes it a joy to readAntony BeevorIvan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalins death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. Grossman tells the stories of those people entwined with Ivans fate- his cousin Nikolay, a scientist who never let his conscience interfere with his career, Pinegin, the informer who had Ivan sent to the camps and Anna Sergeyevna, Ivans lover, who tells of her involvement as an activist in the Terror famine of 1932-3.Everything Flows is Vasily Grossmans final testament, written after the Soviet authorities suppressed Life and Fate.Vasily Grossman is the Tolstoy of the USSR Martin Amis Notes Translated into English for the first time, by Robert Chandler, this is a fearless epic from one of the great writers of the 20th century. Vasily Grossman is the Tolstoy of the USSR Martin Amis Back Cover Everything Flows is as important a novel as anything written by Solzhenitsyn, and Robert Chandlers superb translation makes it a joy to read Antony Beevor Ivan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalins death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. Grossman tells the stories of those people entwined with Ivans fate: his cousin Nikolay, a scientist who never let his conscience interfere with his career, Pinegin, the informer who had Ivan sent to the camps and Anna Sergeyevna, Ivans lover, who tells of her involvement as an activist in the Terror famine of 1932-3. Everything Flows is Vasily Grossmans final testament. It is a fearless and unforgettable novel from one of the giants of twentieth century fiction. Vasily Grossman is the Tolstoy of the USSR Martin Amis Author Biography Vasily Grossman was born in 1905. In 1941 he became a correspondent for the Red Army newspaper, Red Star, reporting on the defence of Stalingrad, the fall of Berlin and the consequences of the Holocaust, work collected in A Writer at War. Life and Fate, his masterpiece, was considered a threat to the totalitarian regime, and Grossman was told that there was no chance of it being published for another 200 years. Grossman began Everything Flows in 1955 and was still working on it during his last days in hospital in September 1964. Review As eloquent a memorial to the anonymous little man in the Stalinist state as Dr Zhivago is to the artistic spirit in post-Czarist Russia and The First Circle to the scientific intelligentsia * New York Times *Vasily Grossman is the Tolstoy of the USSR * Martin Amis *Possibly the greatest chronicler of the second world war * Guardian *Only Dante, in his account of Ugolino and his sons starving to death in a locked tower, has written of death from hunger with equal power -- Robert Chandler * London Review of Books *Supplies a wealth of information about the social context and Soviet terminology -- Christopher Taylor * Guardian * Promotional Translated into English for the first time, this is a fearless epic from one of the great writers of the twentieth century Review Text As eloquent a memorial to the anonymous little man in the Stalinist state as Dr Zhivago is to the artistic spirit in post-Czarist Russia and The First Circle to the scientific intelligentsia Review Quote As eloquent a memorial to the anonymous little man in the Stalinist state as Dr Zhivago is to the artistic spirit in post-Czarist Russia and The First Circle to the scientific intelligentsia Promotional "Headline" Translated into English for the first time, this is a fearless epic from one of the great writers of the twentieth century Details ISBN009951916X Year 2011 ISBN-10 009951916X ISBN-13 9780099519164 Format Paperback Author Robert Chandler Media Book Translator Robert Chandler Imprint Vintage Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 891.7344 Pages 320 Tag vintageclassics Series Vintage Classics Language English Publisher Vintage Publishing Publication Date 2011-05-05 UK Release Date 2011-05-05 AU Release Date 2011-05-05 NZ Release Date 2011-05-05 Translated from Russian Edited by Ana Sofia Ribeiro Birth 1969 Affiliation Boston University School of Medicine Position Editor Qualifications Psy.D. 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