Volga Rises in Europe, The

During the summer of 1941, the Italian journalist and novelist Curzio Malaparte was the only front-line war correspondent in the whole of Russia. His account of the events there is not unique for this reason alone: his astonishing eye for detail and intimate knowledge of the country lends his record a depth of understand rarely found in other war reporting, and his attention to the human dimension of the conflict reveals him to be a man of humanity and compassion.

This book gives a complete panorama of the front, with views of civilians in their war-ravaged homes; soldiers readying themselves for battle; and graphic descriptions of the most furious combat of WW2.