Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II -- Svetlana Alexievich, Paperback
"A bracing reminder of the enduring power of the written word to testify to pain like no other medium. . . . Children survive, they grow up, and they do not forget. They are the first and last witnesses."--The New Republic "A profound triumph."--The Big Issue " Alexievich] excavates and briefly gives prominence to demolished lives and eradicated communities. . . . It is impossible not to turn the page, impossible not to wonder whom we next might meet, impossible not to think differently about children caught in conflict."--The Washington Post
Author: Svetlana Alexievich
Publisher: Random House Trade
Published: 06/16/2020
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.50lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780399588761
About the Author
Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Starting out as a journalist, she developed her own nonfiction genre, which gathers a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment. Her works include The Unwomanly Face of War (1985), Last Witnesses (1985), Zinky Boys (1990), Voices from Chernobyl (1997), and Secondhand Time (2013). She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
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1939-1945, Biography & Autobiography, History, History - Military / War, Paperback, Random House Trade, Russia, Survival, Svetlana Alexievich, Wars & Conflicts, World War, World War IIContact form
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