From a grim Soviet life to a sense of hope
It is ironic that, despite his novels’ anguished subjects, Vasily Grossman feels compelled to conclude on an upbeat note.
Everything Flows
By Vasily Grossman
Harvill Secker, €20.40
It is ironic that, despite his novels’ anguished subjects, Vasily Grossman feels compelled to conclude on an upbeat note.
His sprawling, war-time magnum opus, Life and Fate, finished hopefully, as does this utterly unforgiving account of the Soviet state and its workings, written over eight years before the author’s death in 1964.
Everything Flows is made striking by its ferocious words; it has none of ...
