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Everything Flows
Book • 2009
Everything Flows is an unfinished novel by Vasily Grossman, written in the final years of his life.
The book follows Ivan Grigoryevich, who returns to Moscow after 29 years in the Siberian gulag, and his confrontations with relatives and friends who either betrayed him or did nothing to help him.
The novel delves into the complexities of human behavior under totalitarian rule, exploring themes of complicity, guilt, and the moral dilemmas faced by ordinary people.
Despite its structural flaws due to being unfinished, the book offers powerful and humane insights into life under a dictatorship, with Grossman's characteristic depth and empathy.
The book follows Ivan Grigoryevich, who returns to Moscow after 29 years in the Siberian gulag, and his confrontations with relatives and friends who either betrayed him or did nothing to help him.
The novel delves into the complexities of human behavior under totalitarian rule, exploring themes of complicity, guilt, and the moral dilemmas faced by ordinary people.
Despite its structural flaws due to being unfinished, the book offers powerful and humane insights into life under a dictatorship, with Grossman's characteristic depth and empathy.
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Russ Roberts and 
Robert Chandler as a shorter work by Grossman, focusing on the Ukrainian famine.
Russ Roberts and Robert Chandler as a shorter work by Grossman, focusing on the Ukrainian famine.
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Translating Life and Fate (with Robert Chandler)
