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    Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

    Svetlana Alexievich, Bela Shayevich (trans.)

    In this magnificent requiem to a civilization in ruins, the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate reinvents a singular, polyphonic literary form, bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses…

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    Boys in Zinc

    Svetlana Alexievich

    The haunting history of the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 - A new translation based on the updated text

    From 1979 to 1989…

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    The Unwomanly Face of War

    Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (trans.), Larissa Volokhonsky (trans.)

    ‘Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? A whole world is hidden from…

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    Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Extraordinary stories about Soviet children’s experiences in the Second World War, from Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich

    What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second…

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    Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Winner of the Nobel Prize: For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time. -Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation

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    In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul

    Svetlana Alexievich

    I love life in its living form, life that’s found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, and moans. So begins this speech delivered in Russian at Cornell University by…

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    Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl

    Svetlana Alexievich

    On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from…

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    La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer / The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Una historia oral innovadora de mujeres en la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Europa y Rusia, del ganador del Premio Nobel de Literatura

    NOMBRADO UNO DE LOS MEJORES LIBROS DEL ANO…

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    Ultimos testigos: Los ninos de la segunda guerra mundial/ Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets: Los ninos de la segunda guerra mundial

    Svetlana Alexievich

    De la Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015, una obra maestra inedita hasta ahora que recoge el recuerdo de los ninos que sobrevivieron a la segunda guerra mundial.

    Un tema de…

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    Los muchachos de zinc / Boys In Zinc

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Una obra maestra con una perspectiva unica y desgarradora sobre la guerra de Afganistan, de la Premio Nobel de Literatura 2015, Svetlana Alexievich, la voz de los sin voz .

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    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

    Svetlana Alexievich

    This work is based on Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of WWII, translation copyright A2019 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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    Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)

    Svetlana Alexievich

    This work is based on Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of WWII, translation copyright A2019 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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    Voces de Chernobil / Voices from Chernobyl

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Translation of: Charnobylskaeiia malitva.

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    Voices from Chernobyl

    Svetlana Alexievich

    First published in Russian as Tchernobylskaia Molitva by Editions Ostojie, 1997 –T.p. verso.

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    War’s Unwomanly Face

    Svetlana Alexievich

    During the World War 2, more than a million women sacrificed themselves to protect their own countries. But, today, nobody recognizes their sacrifices. Nobel award winning author, Svetlana Alexievich, is…

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    Wo Hai Shi Xiang Ni, Ma Ma ( Simplified Chinese)

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Simplified Chinese edition of Last witnesses. The 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature winner Svetlana Alexievich is the first journalist to win the honor. Nobel Committee called her work a monument…

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    Voices from Chernobyl

    Svetlana Alexievich

    First published in Russian as Tchernobylskaia Molitva by Editions Ostojie, 1997 –T.p. verso.

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    Second-hand Time

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book she creates a singular, polyphonic literary form by bringing together…

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    Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

    Svetlana Alexievich

    First published in Russian as Tchernobylskaia Molitva by Editions Ostojie, 1997 –Copyright page.

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    Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Alexievich charts the decline of Soviet culture and speculates on what will rise from the ashes of communism. Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in…

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    The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

    Svetlana Alexievich

    Bringing together dozens of voices … [this is a] collection of stories of women’s experiences in World War II, both on the front lines, on the home front, and in…

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    Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II

    Svetlana Alexievich

    A masterpiece (The Guardian) from the Nobel Prize-winning writer, an oral history of children’s experiences in World War II across Russia

    NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR…

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    Chernobyl’s Prayer

    Svetlana Alexievich

    In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years…

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