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Awards, adaptations and setting
Adaptations
- Life and Fate television series
Setting and characters
- Set in
- Soviet Union
- Genre
- epic
Read next
- Comes after
- Stalingrad
In print
- Editions recorded
- 52 on Open Library, 19 in English
- Wikipedia
- Articles in 15 languages
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How many editions of Life and Fate are there?
We track 1 edition of Life and Fate. Each has its own page with how to identify it.
Has Life and Fate been adapted?
Yes, including Life and Fate (television series), according to Wikidata.
When was Life and Fate first published?
Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman was first published in 1980.
What should I read after Life and Fate?
In order, it follows Stalingrad, according to Wikidata.