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Secondhand time the last of the Soviets

"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style of oral history, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men...

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Main Author: Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Russian
Published: New York : Random House, [2016]
Edition:First U.S. edition.
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Post-communism > Russia (Federation)
Russia (Federation) > Social conditions > 1991-
Soviet Union > Social conditions.
Russia (Federation) > Biography.
Soviet Union > Biography.
Oral history > Russia (Federation)
Oral history > Soviet Union.
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Summary:"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style of oral history, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals. When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize in Literature, they praised her 'polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time,' and cited her for inventing 'a new kind of literary genre.' Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added that her work comprises 'a history of emotions--a history of the soul'"--Provided by publisher.
Item Description:"An oral history"--Cover.
"Originally published in Russian as Vremi͡a sekond khėnd [Romanized] by Vremya Publishing House, Moscow, in 2013"--Title-page verso.
Physical Description:xiv, 470 pages ; 25 cm
ISBN:9780399588808
0399588809
Author Notes:Svetlana Alexievich was born in Stanislav, Ukraine, Soviet Union on May 31, 1948. She became a journalist and wrote narratives from interviews with witnesses to events such as World War II, the Soviet-Afghan war, the fall of the Soviet Union, and the Chernobyl disaster. Her books include Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War and War's Unwomanly Face. She won the National Book Critics Circle Award in 2005 for Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster and the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature.

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