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Second-hand Time (Paperback)
Svetlana Alexievich; Translated by Bela Shayevich
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Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich,
winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. Here she 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
rubble. Fashioning a singular, polyphonic literary form by
combining extended individual monologues with a collage of voices,
Alexievich creates a magnificent requiem to a civilization in
ruins, a brilliant, poignant and unique portrait of post-Soviet
society out of the stories of ordinary women and men.
'A must read' - Margaret Atwood 'It would be hard to find a book
that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, Observer
Extraordinary 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 place in a once absolutely
male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words
and feelings? A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains
unknown... I want to write the history of that war. A women's
history." In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexievich set out to write
her first book, The Unwomanly Face of War, when she realized that
she grew up surrounded by women who had fought in the Second World
War but whose stories were absent from official narratives.
Travelling thousands of miles, she spent years interviewing
hundreds of Soviet women - captains, tank drivers, snipers, pilots,
nurses and doctors - who had experienced the war on the front
lines, on the home front and in occupied territories. As it brings
to light their most harrowing memories, this symphony of voices
reveals a different side of war, a new range of feelings, smells
and colours. After completing the manuscript in 1983, Alexievich
was not allowed to publish it because it went against the
state-sanctioned history of the war. With the dawn of Perestroika,
a heavily censored edition came out in 1985 and it became a huge
bestseller in the Soviet Union - the first in five books that have
established her as the conscience of the twentieth century.
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature 'Absolutely essential and
heartbreaking reading. There's a reason Ms. Alexievich won a Nobel
Prize' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series Chernobyl
- A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised
text - 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 to come. While
officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent
years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers,
residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans - crafting
their voices into a haunting oral history of fear, anger and
uncertainty, but also dark humour and love. A chronicle of the past
and a warning for our nuclear future, Chernobyl Prayer shows what
it is like to bear witness, and remember in a world that wants you
to forget. 'Beautifully written. . . heart-breaking' - Arundhati
Roy, Elle 'One of the most humane and terrifying books I've ever
read' - Helen Simpson, Observer
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Boys in Zinc (Paperback)
Svetlana Alexievich; Translated by Andrew Bromfield
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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 Union talked about a
'peace-keeping' mission, the dead were shipped back in sealed zinc
coffins. Boys in Zinc presents the honest testimonies of soldiers,
doctors and nurses, mothers, wives and siblings who describe the
lasting effects of war. Weaving together their stories, Svetlana
Alexievich shows us the truth of the Soviet-Afghan conflict: the
killing and the beauty of small everyday moments, the shame of
returned veterans, the worries of all those left behind. When it
was first published in the USSR in 1991, Boys in Zinc sparked huge
controversy for its unflinching, harrowing insight into the
realities of war.
From 1979 to 1989, a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating
war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties-and the youth and
humanity of many tens of thousands more. In this new translation,
Zinky Boys weaves together the candid and affecting testimony of
the officers and grunts, doctors and nurses, mothers, sons, and
daughters who describe the war and its lasting effects. What
emerges is a "masterpiece of reportage" (Timothy Snyder, New York
Review of Books) that offers a unique, harrowing, and unforgettably
powerful insight into the realities of war. In their Nobel
citation, the Swedish Academy called "her polyphonic writings, a
monument to suffering and courage in our time." "Alexievich serves
no ideology, only an ideal: to listen closely enough to the
ordinary voices of her time to orchestrate them into extraordinary
books." -Philip Gourevitch, New Yorker
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear accident in history occurred
in Chernobyl. Although this was one of the most devastating
tragedies ever, until now, no book has appeared in English giving
the inside story of what happened to the people living in Belarus,
and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. A
journalist by trade, Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of
people in Belarus affected by the meltdown. From residents of
Chernobyl to firefighters to those called in to clean up the
disaster, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucial document of what
happened and how people reacted to it. Alexievich presents these
interviews in monologue form, giving readers a harrowing inside
view into the minds of those affected untempered by government
spin, detailing the tragedy and devastation.
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, Guardian
Extraordinary stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child
during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel
Laureate Svetlana Alexievich 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 experienced
war as children, the generation that survived and had to live with
the trauma that would forever change the course of the Russian
nation. With remarkable care and empathy, Alexievich gives voice to
those whose stories are lost in the official narratives, uncovering
a powerful, hidden history of one of the most important events of
the twentieth century.Published to great acclaim in the USSR in
1985 and now available in English for the first time, this
masterpiece offers a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human
consequences of the war - and an extraordinary chronicle of the
Russian soul.
"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 her deeply affecting blend of
journalism, oral history, and creative writing. Cornell Global
Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University’s Mario Einaudi
Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global
challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are
intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker
Series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell,
both in the original language and in translation.
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