{"product_id":"9780099506164-life-and-fate","title":"Life and Fate","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA novel that focuses on overshadowing the lives of a huge cast of Russian and German characters which looms the battle of Stalingrad.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e is an epic tale of twentieth-century Russia told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnikovs, from the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of\u003ci\u003e Stalingrad\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs the battle of Stalingrad looms, Grossman's characters must work out their destinies in a world torn by ideological tyranny and war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCompleted in 1960 and then confiscated by the KGB, this sweeping panorama of Soviet Society remained unpublished until it was smuggled into the West in 1980, where it was hailed as a masterpiece.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'One of the finest Russian novels of the 20th century' \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Compelling. Grossman's portrait is timelessly relevant. \u003ci\u003eLife and Fate\u003c\/i\u003e is worth all the audience it can find'\u003ci\u003e The Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451326804342,"sku":"9780099506164","price":16.01,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_32335063.jpg?v=1760461836","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780099506164-life-and-fate","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}