Book cover of Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman, depicting a dark German helmet atop a larger Russian helmet with a red star, both forming a prison cell holding a silhouetted figure, set against a teal and yellow sky with a barbed wire fence in the background.

I was so close to giving up on a book after 30 pages or so, but I picked it up again the next morning and finally got into the flow. So close. I can't believe I almost did that. #VasilyGrossman #LifeandFate 💙📚

It’s an account of the terrible everyday challenges facing people simply trying to get on with life during the period of Stalinist treachery and fascist invasion; people struggling to live ordinary and extraordinary lives faced with a ruling elite that acts so cruelly against them. #LifeandFate

One of the most impressive - and biggest - novels I’ve ever read. My video review

youtu.be/Qjy5ICBXgSE?...

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Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers!
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