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Life and Fate 2024

Life and Fate 2024

In 2024, Matt and Cameron from The Slavic Literature Pod hosted a chapter a day read along of Vasily Grossman's Life and Fate.

Beginning January 1, 2024 we sent a quick email everyday with thoughts, quotes, and ideas from Grossman's most critically acclaimed novel of the 20th century. We discussed each chapter on our Instagram and with our Discord community. At the end of each day, we also uploaded a short (under 5 minute) recap of everything discussed that day.

During this read along, we read from the New York Review Books edition translated and with an introduction by Robert Chandler. We believe this is the best and most up-to-date version of the book.

You can buy a copy of the book through our affiliate links on Bookshop or Amazon. We make a small percentage of money from qualifying purchases that helps us continue to make content for free!

If you found this read along after it has concluded, you can still follow along at your own pace! See below for each of the daily posts that also contain links to each of the daily podcast episodes. In order to avoid cluttering our main podcast feed, the daily episodes are hosted on their own feed called Life and Fate - Chapter a Day Read Along available wherever you get your podcasts.

Follow Along

Week 1

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Week 2

Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Chapter 14

Week 3

Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20
Chapter 21

Week 4

Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27
Chapter 28

Week 5

Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34
Chapter 35

Week 6

Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41
Chapter 42

Week 7

Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48
Chapter 49

Week 8

Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55
Chapter 56

Week 9

Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62
Chapter 63

Week 10

Chapter 64
Chapter 65
Chapter 66
Chapter 67
Chapter 68
Chapter 69
Chapter 70

Week 11

PART 2 BEGINS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Week 12

Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

Week 13

Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

Week 14

Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27

Week 15

Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34

Week 16

Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41

Week 17

Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48

Week 18

Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55

Week 19

Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61
Chapter 62

Week 20

Chapter 63

PART 3 BEGINS
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Week 21

Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13

Week 22

Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Chapter 17
Chapter 18
Chapter 19
Chapter 20

Week 23

Chapter 21
Chapter 22
Chapter 23
Chapter 24
Chapter 25
Chapter 26
Chapter 27

Week 24

Chapter 28
Chapter 29
Chapter 30
Chapter 31
Chapter 32
Chapter 33
Chapter 34

Week 25

Chapter 35
Chapter 36
Chapter 37
Chapter 38
Chapter 39
Chapter 40
Chapter 41

Week 26

Chapter 42
Chapter 43
Chapter 44
Chapter 45
Chapter 46
Chapter 47
Chapter 48

Week 27

Chapter 49
Chapter 50
Chapter 51
Chapter 52
Chapter 53
Chapter 54
Chapter 55

Week 28

Chapter 56
Chapter 57
Chapter 58
Chapter 59
Chapter 60
Chapter 61

Creators Who Read With Us

During the series, we had the pleasure of reading along and discussing with the following Instagram creators: