Historian Antony Beevor joins us to discuss Stalingrad written by Vasily Grossman and translated from Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler. We talk about Grossman's observational powers, the boundaries between history and literature, and the context surrounding the book's narrative. Listeners unfamiliar with the plot may want to wait until they've read the book to tune in.
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References:A Writer at WarLuba VinogradovaChristopher MacLehoseAndrew NurnbergArthur GrimmWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLife and FateThe great man theoryGuernica by Pablo PicassoMichael HowardMargaret MacMillanCatherine MerridaleOperation FoxleyJohn EricksonOperation UranusKonstantin SimonovIlya EhrenburgVasily ZaitsevAnatoly ChekhovEnemy at the GatesTreblinkaPablo NerudaStefan ZweigChess StoryGulag: A History by Anne Applebaum
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