{"product_id":"the-people-immortal-stalingrad-trilogy-bk-2-9781529414752b","title":"The People Immortal (Stalingrad Trilogy, Bk. 2)","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eOne of Grossman's three great war novels - alongside \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/span\u003e and \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eStalingrad.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSet during the catastrophic defeats of the war's first months, it tracks a Red Army regiment that wins a minor victory in eastern Belorussia but fails to exploit this success. A battalion is then entrusted with the task of slowing the German advance, and eventually encircled, before ultimately breaking out and joining with the rest of the Soviet forces.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrossman's descriptions of the natural world - and his characters' relationship to it - are both vivid and unexpected, as are his memorable character sketches: eleven-year-old Lionya is determined to hang on to his toy revolver as he walks a long distance behind German lines; his defiant grandmother slaps a German officer in the face and is shot; Kotenko, a fiercely anti-Soviet peasant who initially welcomes the Germans, hangs himself in despair when they treat him with contempt; and Semion Ignatiev, a womanizer and gifted story-teller, turns out to be the boldest and most resourceful of the rank-and file soldiers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGrossman spent most of the war years close to the front line. But \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe People Immortal \u003c\/span\u003eis far from being mere morale-boosting propaganda. On the contrary, as letters included in this volume make clear, it was read as a textbook, and as a work of military education. This edition includes not only the unredacted novel itself, translated here for the first time since 1946, but also a wealth of background material.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA heavily redacted English translation of \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eThe People Immortal \u003c\/span\u003ewas published in 1946. This current edition is the first that reflects Grossman's original text.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTranslated from the Russian by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler","brand":"MacLehose Press","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42819042869328,"sku":"9781529414752B","price":9.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9781529414752-l.jpg?v=1785874396","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/en-ca\/products\/the-people-immortal-stalingrad-trilogy-bk-2-9781529414752b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}