Vasily Grossman Quote

Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for an evaluation to the writers Fedin, Leonov, Ehrenburg, etc. The reviewers could have made a mistake in their aesthetic judgment but they were unanimous in their political judgment, and I have no doubt that their political judgment is absolutely correct.


Conversation with M.A. Suslov, member of the Presidium of the CPSU, July 23, 1962


Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for...

Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for...

Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for...

Everyone who has read your book are unanimous in their judgment. They all think it is politically harmful for us. There is no point in giving it for...