Grossman was told that his novel will never see the light of day, which in some sense was true, because at the time he died in 1964, the novel was as yet unpublished. Miraculously, Grossman left two copies of the manuscripts with friends, a fact which escaped the notice of the KGB. However, the KGB raided his apartment and confiscated all his notebooks and manuscripts and even the various forms of copies. Grossman began writing the novel when Stalin was still alive and the finished manuscript was submitted for publication around late 1960. The story of how Life and Fate was published is as riveting as the novel itself. And yet, there was a part of me that nevertheless wanted to pen some thoughts, so here goes… The prospect of writing about the book daunted me, I was afraid I could never to do it justice. The accolades showered upon it are fully deserved. It took me two months to finish the epic Life and Fate but what an experience it was.
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