Has anyone on /lit/ read Life and Fate? What are your thoughts on it? Should I read this or Buddenbrooks first?
>>7822910
I read it.
The parts about Stalingrad are top tier. The parts about life in the Soviet state are obviously written with censorship in mind and while not bad, are a bit boring.
>>7822929
Ah right, so the soviet war is better than the soviet peace. Does the book speak about physics much? I know the main character is a physicist
>>7822983
Not actual physics, more like tenure battles in the context of Soviet system.