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Cover of "Stalingrad" by Vasily Grossman shows a soldier on snowy battlefield beside a tank. Text includes translator names Robert and Elizabeth Chandler.
For a Just Cause (Stalingrad)
by Vassily Grossman • translated by Robert and Elizabeth Chandler
Started May 29, 2026

Publication Details

Type: Book
Publisher: New York Review of Books (NYRB)
Published: 1952
Translated From: Russian

Reading Details

Pages: 1088
Location: Lawrence, KS (US)

Highlights

First Paragraph:

On 29 April 1942 Benito Mussolini's train pulled into Salzburg station, now hung with both Italian and German flags.

Tags

Historical Fiction Russian Literature Translation World War II
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