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In his magnficent new work of fiction --which reviewers have greeted with such words as "profound," "easily his greatest work," "morally significant" -- acclaimed author William T. Vollmann turns his trenchant eye to the warring authoritarian cultures of Germany and the USSR in the 20th century. The result is a daring and mesmerizing perspective on human actions during wartime. In these intertwined paired stories, Vollmann compares and contrasts the moral decisions made by various figures from this period -- some famous, some infamous, some unknown. He conjures up two generals, one German and one Russian, who collaborate with the enemy for different reasons. Another pairing tells of two heroes -- a female Russian partisan who achieves martrydom at the beginning of the war, and a young German who joins the SS in order to reveal its secrets and halt its crimes. Also explored are the fates of artists and poets ranging from Kathe Kollwitz and Anna Akmatova to Marina Tsveteava and Van Cliburn. Perhaps his signature accomplishment in the book is a series of stories that examine the complex and elusive composer Dmitri Shostakovich and the contstant Stalinist assaults on his work and life

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Author

Vollmann, William T.

Publisher

Penguin Group US

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780143036593

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Short Stories

Rating

4 / 5 (147 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14