For 10 points, name this novel by William T. Vollmann.
One character in this novel keeps a German shell in his pocket as a reminder not to make any rash allegiances. One chapter of this novel compares Hitler to Parzival killing the red knight for his armor, and Hitler is referred to as "the sleepwalker" throughout the book. The opening section, "Steel in Motion," compares a telephone to an octopus, and the remaining sections are a series of "Pincer Movements" spanning the period from 1914 to 1975, including detailed accounts of the Siege of Leningrad and the Battle of Stalingrad. This novel embellishes the love triangle between Roman Karmen, Elena Konstantinovskaya, and Dmitri Shostakovich, and other historical figures in this book include Anna Akhmatova and Kurt Gerstein. For 10 points, name this novel by William T. Vollmann.
One character in this novel keeps a German shell in his pocket as a reminder not to make any rash allegiances.
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