tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post7799639411776862570..comments2023-07-08T09:00:54.916-07:00Comments on A Common Reader: BBC Radio 4 Adaptation of Stalingrad by Vasily Grossman to air soonDwighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-90339692524438581232019-11-20T08:32:51.159-08:002019-11-20T08:32:51.159-08:00Wow, nice stack. Wait, that sounds inappropriate, ...Wow, nice stack. Wait, that sounds inappropriate, doesn't it?<br /><br />I don't think the order matters, you'll appreciate all of those. I'd probably go in roughly chronological order of the material and start with Babel. His stories are powerful and I loved them. You'll find a lot of overlap between Writer at War and the biography, so I'd just choose one for now and get to the other one later...both are great. (I'd go with Grossman and the Soviet Century first since she covers all of his life and it's interesting to see how much of his experiences make it into his writing, and not just from the war period. All of Applebaum's books have been good, and I hope to make it to Alexievich's books soon. <br />Dwighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13688525659034403580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26428110.post-74523917195553365182019-11-19T10:10:35.664-08:002019-11-19T10:10:35.664-08:00Well, this is cool. I don't know how I'm ...Well, this is cool. I don't know how I'm ever to listen to all this stuff, but I'd like to give it a go.<br /><br />I have Writer at War at home now, waiting its turn, but the biography will be available to me soon too. Which to read first? Or do I read Ivan's War for more background, or Isaac Babel's Red Cavalry cycle? Reading the fringes of Soviet history that I manage to collect is a lifelong project. I also have Judgement in Moscow, two Anne Applebaums, two more Alexievches, that one about the House of the Dead...and several about the destruction of the great Jewish libraries, and others... O.OJeanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14247515387599954817noreply@blogger.com