They soon lost interest in Sofya. She was just one more prisoner -with no more idea of her destination than anyone else. No one asked her name and patronymic; no one remembered her surname. She realized with surprise that although the process of evolution had taken millions of years, these people had needed only a few days to revert to the state of cattle, dirty and unhappy, captive and nameless.
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About Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate
Vasily Grossman, Life and Fate.
Themes
- War — Reflections on conflict, peace, and the human cost of war