Svetlana Alexievich

The Unwomanly Face of War

Testimonies of Soviet women combatants in World War II

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Svetlana Alexievich
Svetlana Alexievich

Belarusian author and Nobel laureate who has created a unique form of documentary prose fiction compiled from hundreds of testimonies. Voices from Chernobyl, The Unwomanly Face of War, and Secondhand Time are her masterworks.

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