Just finished reading, one of the top 3 novels ever read in my life:
"Life and destiny" - Жизнь и судьба
by Vassily #Grossman, completed in 1960. The author died thinking his manuscript was lost forever, because KGB confiscated all copies (but one!) as its was deemed to be anti-sovietic. It appeared in europe only 20 years later .
In its 800 pages, this is a black hole containing humanity, life, epics, history, poetry, pure beauty, pure horror, it's incredible.
L’ #écrivain #israélien David #Grossman qualifie désormais la situation à #Gaza de “ #génocide” , un terme qu’il avait jusqu’à présent refusé d’utiliser : sa réflexion avait évolué en lisant les journaux et en écoutant les #témoignages de ceux qui revenaient de #Gaza.
“J’étudie les #génocides ; je sais en reconnaître un quand j’en vois un.”
#Grossman nella sua intervista a #Repubblica di oggi ha il coraggio di pronunciare la parola "Genocidio". Ma non trae la logica conclusione: gli israeliani sono diventati i nazisti del 21° secolo, e quello che stanno facendo a #Gaza, sparando su donne e bambini inermi, non è diverso da quello che hanno dovuto subire i loro nonni e bisnonni 80 anni fa. Un abominio allora, un abominio oggi.
#GenocidioGaza
It’s the 80th anniversary of the end of the Second World War in Europe — VE Day. I’ve just finished Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate, an epic novel commonly described as the twentieth century’s War and Peace...
https://proletarianperspective.substack.com/p/review-life-and-fate-by-vasily-grossman
#Grossman #amreading #reading #bookreview #review #VEDay #WW2