About the book: year / V. Grossman’s novel “For a Just Cause” - the first part of the Stalingrad dilogy. The author comprehends the laws of war and the inevitability of victory over fascism, the origins and consequences of the cult of personality, the deep contradictions of life. The book includes many people and events - from the Soviet soldier and worker to generals, from the first battles on the border to the great battle on the Volga, from small hand-to-hand combat to the general strategy of the war. The novel “Life and Fate” became the second book of the Stalingrad dilogy and the most significant book by V. Grossman. The writer in this work rises to the level of high generalizations and examines the Stalingrad drama from the point of view of universal and comprehensive categories of human existence. With great artistic power, V. Grossman reveals the historical tragedy of the Russian people, who, having won a victory over a cruel and strong enemy, are torn apart by the internal contradictions of a totalitarian system.