Title Stalingrad lives : stories of combat and survival / Ian Garner

Published Montreal ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2022]

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 315 pages) : illustrations Contents Introduction: Stalingrad Lives -- 23 August-30 September: Idyll and Annilhilation -- 1 October-18 November: Torment -- 19 November-31 December: Resurrection -- 1 January-2 February: Forward, Life -- 1952, 1965: Utopian Lives 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."-- Provided by publisher Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on December 20, 2022) Subject 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. Literary criticism / Russian & Former Soviet Union Propaganda Stalingrad, Battle of (Russia : 1942-1943) in literature Russia (Federation) -- Volgograd Genre/Form Electronic books Personal narratives Form Electronic book ISBN 0228015162 9780228015178 0228015170 9780228015161

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