{"product_id":"stalingrad-vasily-grossman-9781846555794","title":"Stalingrad","description":"\u003cp\u003eStalingrad is the prequel to Life and Fate, one of the twentieth century's greatest novels. This is its first publication in English. A publishing event.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND NOW A MAJOR RADIO 4 DRAMA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the great novels of the 20th century, and now published in English for the first time' Observer\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A gripping panorama of the human experience' Kenneth Branagh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn April 1942, Hitler and Mussolini plan the huge offensive on the Eastern Front that will culminate in the greatest battle in human history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHundreds of miles away, Pyotr Vavilov receives his call-up papers and spends a final night with his wife and children in the hut that is his home. As war approaches, the Shaposhnikov family gathers for a meal- despite her age, Alexandra will soon become a refugee; Tolya will enlist in the reserves; Vera, a nurse, will fall in love with a wounded pilot; and Viktor Shtrum will receive a letter from his doomed mother which will haunt him forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe war will consume the lives of a huge cast of characters - lives which express Grossman's grand themes of the nation and the individual, nature's beauty and war's cruelty, love and separation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor months, Soviet forces are driven back inexorably by the German advance eastward and eventually Stalingrad is all that remains between the invaders and victory. The city stands on a cliff top by the Volga River. The battle for Stalingrad - a maelstrom of violence and firepower - will reduce it to ruins. But it will also be the cradle of a new sense of hope. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eStalingrad is a magnificent novel not only of war but of all human life- its subjects are mothers and daughters, husbands and brothers, generals, nurses, political officers, steelworkers, tractor girls. It is tender, epic, and a testament to the power of the human spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'You will not only discover that you love his characters and want to stay with them - that you need them in your life as much as you need your own family and loved ones - but that at the end... you will want to read it again' Daily Telegraph\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vasily Grossman","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43175636893939,"sku":"9781846555794","price":55.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0634\/4284\/5939\/products\/9781846555794.jpg?v=1662076307","url":"https:\/\/www.harryhartog.com.au\/products\/stalingrad-vasily-grossman-9781846555794","provider":"Harry Hartog Bookseller","version":"1.0","type":"link"}