"In the fall of 1942, only the city of Stalingrad stood between Soviet survival and defeat as Hitler's army ran rampant. With the fate of the USSR hanging in the balance, Soviet propaganda chiefs sent their finest writers into the heat of battle. After six months of terrifying work, these...

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Main Author:	Garner, Ian (Author)
Format:	Electronic eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]
Subjects:	1942-1943 Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943 > Personal narratives, Soviet. Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943 > Propaganda. Stalingrad, Battle of, Volgograd, Russia, 1942-1943, in literature. Bataille de Stalingrad, Volgograd, Russie, 1942-1943 > Récits personnels soviétiques. Bataille de Stalingrad, Volgograd, Russie, 1942-1943 > Propagande. Bataille de Stalingrad, Volgograd, Russie, 1942-1943, dans la littérature. Literary criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union Propaganda Stalingrad, Battle of (Russia : 1942-1943) in literature Russia (Federation) > Volgograd Electronic books. Personal narratives > Soviet
Online Access:	DE-862 DE-863
Summary:	"In the fall of 1942, only the city of Stalingrad stood between Soviet survival and defeat as Hitler's army ran rampant. With the fate of the USSR hanging in the balance, Soviet propaganda chiefs sent their finest writers into the heat of battle. After six months of terrifying work, these men succeeded in creating an enduring epic of Stalingrad. Their harrowing tales of valour and heroism offered hope for millions of readers. "Stalingrad Lives!" went the rallying cry: the city had to live if the nation was to stave off defeat. In Stalingrad Lives Ian Garner brings together a selection of short stories written at and after the battle. They reveal, for the first time in English, the real Russian narrative of Stalingrad--an epic story of death, martyrdom, resurrection, and utopian beginnings. Following the authors into the hellish world of Stalingrad, Garner traces how tragedy was written as triumph. He uncovers how, dealing with loss and destruction on an unimaginable scale, Soviet readers and writers embraced the story of martyred Stalingrad, embedding it into the Russian psyche for decades to come. Featuring lost work by Vasily Grossman alongside texts by luminaries such as Konstantin Simonov, Viktor Nekrasov, and Ilya Ehrenburg, Stalingrad Lives offers a literary perspective on the Soviet Union at war."--
Physical Description:	1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages) : illustrations.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:	0228015162 9780228015178 0228015170 9780228015161