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Boys in Zinc
Häftad, 2017
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137 kr
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Haunting stories from the Soviet-Afghan War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature - A new translation of Zinky Boys based on the revised text - From 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet …
Second-hand Time
Häftad, 2016
218 kr
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In Second-hand Time, her masterpiece, 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate Svetlana Alexievich brings together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a culture and to surmise what new kind of man may emerge from the …
Unwomanly Face of War
An Oral History of Women in World War II
Häftad, 2018
170 kr
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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post • The Guardian • NPR • The Economist • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel • …
Unwomanly Face of War
Häftad, 2018
116 kr
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'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"Why, having stood up for and held their own …
Last Witnesses
Unchildlike Stories
Häftad, 2020
127 kr
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Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by The Times and Telegraph'Astonishing. . . Like the great Russian novels, these testimonials ring with emotional truth' - Caroline Moorehead, GuardianExtraordinary stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second …
Chernobyl Prayer
Voices from Chernobyl
Häftad, 2016
129 kr
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature'Desperately important and impossible to put down. It is timeless. . . what shines clear from the testimonies is love - love which can make you do the most spectacular things ' Sheena Patel, Observer'- A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the …
Latest witnesses
E-bok, 2024
116 kr
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Much has been written about the heroism and exploits of war, and about the extent to which it is needed as a means of achieving goals that may be considered noble. But the constant question remains: Is there a justification for peace, our happiness, and even eternal harmony, if one small tear of an …
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
Häftad, 2017
329 kr
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When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing "a new kind of literary genre," describing her work as "a history of emotions--a history of the soul." Alexievich's distinctive documentary style, combining extended individual monologues with a collage …
In Search of the Free Individual
The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul
Häftad, 2018
82 kr
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"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 Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In poetic language, Alexievich traces the origins of …
Unwomanly Face of War
E-bok, 2017
108 kr
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The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureBringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories from …
Last Witnesses
Unchildlike Stories
E-bok, 2019
108 kr
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Selected as a Book of the Year 2019 by The Times and Telegraph'Astonishing. . . Like the great Russian novels, these testimonials ring with emotional truth' - Caroline Moorehead, GuardianExtraordinary stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second …
Boys in Zinc
E-bok, 2017
105 kr
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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 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union …
Unwomanly Face of War
Ljudbok, 2017
153 kr
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexeivich, read by Julia Emelin and Yelena Shmulenson. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich''s collection of stories from Soviet women who lived …
Last Witnesses
Unchildlike Stories
Ljudbok, 2019
171 kr
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, read by Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson and Allen Lewis Rickman. What did it mean to grow up in the Soviet Union during the Second World War? In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich started interviewing people who had …
Unwomanly Face of War
An Oral History of Women in World War II
E-bok, 2017
158 kr
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A long-awaited English translation of the classic oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia—from Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, Svetlana Alexievich shares stories of women’s experiences in World War II—on the …
Last Witnesses
An Oral History of the Children of World War II
Häftad, 2020
315 kr
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“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 BY THE WASHINGTON POST For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the …
Secondhand Time
The Last of the Soviets
E-bok, 2016
78 kr
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The magnum opus and latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature—a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE …
Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults)
Inbunden, 1900
223 kr
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A powerful portrait of the personal consequences of war as seen through the innocent eyes of children, from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich delves into the traumatic memories of children who were separated from their parents during World War II--most of …
Zinky Boys – Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
Häftad, 2023
185 kr
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Before the United States' invasion, a million Soviet troops fought a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties-and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. The Soviet Union talked about a "peacekeeping" mission, while the dead were shipped back in zinc-lined …
La Guerra No Tiene Rostro de Mujer / The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
Häftad, 2017
181 kr
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Voces de Chernóbil (Edición Especial En Tapa Dura) / Voices from Chernobyl (Special Hardcover Edition)
Inbunden, 2026
256 kr
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Zinc boys
E-bok, 2024
98 kr
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In her book, Zinc Boys, Svetlana Alexievich documented the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1985. In it, she collected interviews with soldiers returning from the war, or with mothers and wives of soldiers who were killed there, and whose bodies were returned in coffins made of …
War has no female face
E-bok, 2024
105 kr
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Thousands of wars took place, short and long. We knew the details of some of them, while other details were absent among the bodies of the victims. Many wrote, but men always wrote about men. Everything we knew about war, we knew through "the man''s voice." We are all prisoners of "men''s" …
Used time
E-bok, 2024
126 kr
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Russia witnessed several revolutions, unrest, and bloody civil wars at the beginning of the twentieth century, resulting in the emergence of the Soviet Union, which formed an image of the great and invincible empire. Some saw in it the fulfillment of the red socialist dream of building a superpower …
