The manuscriptof the novel "Life and Fate"wearingsharplyanti-Stalinistcharacter,was confiscated andwas published onlyin 1980.
The book tellsabout the fate ofpeople caught up inmore or lessinvolved inthe history ofthe Battle of Stalingrad.It is not onlythe menwho takepart in thebattle, butthe people whowerein the cityunder firein themiddle of it.Ordinary peopleare not preparedforthe hardships of warmanifested themselvesquite differentlyin these conditions.But eachfirmly believed thatvictoryis inevitablethat we are powerfulNazis,andback any longer.