Everything Flows

Recommended by Marci Shore, and 1 others. See all reviews

Ranked #89 in Russian

Everything Flows is Vasily Grossman’s final testament, written after the Soviet authorities suppressed his masterpiece, Life and Fate. The main story is simple: released after thirty years in the Soviet camps, Ivan Grigoryevich must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. But in a novel that seeks to take in the whole tragedy of Soviet history, Ivan’s story is only one among many. Thus we also hear about Ivan’s cousin, Nikolay, a scientist who never let his conscience interfere with his career, and Pinegin, the informer who got Ivan sent to the camps. more

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Marci Shore This unfinished novel by the Soviet Jewish writer pulls us into the Stalinist Terror. (Source)


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