Unwomanly Face of War by SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH ISBN 13: 9780399588747

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Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories during World War II. These women--more than a million in total--were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their sacrifices were forgotten. Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women's stories.THE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATUREFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre," describing her work as "a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul." In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women--more than a… Read More

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Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2018. Soft cover. Fine/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7. Random House Trade Paperback Edition 2018, in Fine Condition. Looks new. Originally published in Russia in 1985. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Nobel Laureate Svetlana Alexievich gives voice to an aging generation of women who found themselves dismissed--after decades of war being remembered by men writing about men. This is a ground-breaking oral history of women on World War II across Europe and Russia. She chronicles the experiences of women who fought on the front line, on the home front, and in the occupied territories--as nurses and doctors, pilots and taxi drivers, tank drivers, machine-gunners and snipers. They battled alongside men, and after victory, they were forgotten. 384 pages. 8vo. 2018, Random House. ISBN10: 0399588744, ISBN13: 9780399588747

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