The Unwomanly Face of War
Autor Svetlana Alexievich Traducere de Richard Pevear, Larissa Volokhonskyen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 apr 2018
'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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780399588747
ISBN-10: 0399588744
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 130 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Random House
ISBN-10: 0399588744
Pagini: 384
Dimensiuni: 130 x 203 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Random House
Notă biografică
Svetlana Alexievich
Recenzii
Extraordinary.
.
.
it
would
be
hard
to
find
a
book
that
feels
more
important
or
original.
.
.
Alexievich's
strength
-
and
a
mark
of
her
own
courage
-
is
that
she
is
forever
on
the
lookout
for
the
seemingly
inconsequential,
almost
trivial
human
moments.
.
.
Her
achievement
is
as
breathtaking
as
the
experiences
of
these
women
are
awe-inspiring
An astonishing book, harrowing and life-affirming. It deserves the widest possible readership
Magnificent. . . Alexievich doesn't just hear what these women say; she cares about how they speak. . . It's a mark of her exceptional mind that she tries to retain the incomprehensible in any human story
A must read
Brilliant
A revelation. . . Alexievich's text gives us precious details of the kind that breathe life into history . . . This is a book about emotions as much as it is about facts. It is not a historical document in the accepted sense. . . and yet ultimately, which historical documents are more important than this?
Astonishing. . . Her years of meticulous listening, her unobtrusiveness and her ear for the telling detail and the memorable story have made her an exceptional witness to modern times. . . This is oral history at its finest and it is also an essay on the power of memory, on what is remembered and what is forgotten
These stories about the women warriors of Mother Russia are a symphony of feminine suffering and strength. . . Read this book. And then read it again
An astonishing book, harrowing and life-affirming. It deserves the widest possible readership
Magnificent. . . Alexievich doesn't just hear what these women say; she cares about how they speak. . . It's a mark of her exceptional mind that she tries to retain the incomprehensible in any human story
A must read
Brilliant
A revelation. . . Alexievich's text gives us precious details of the kind that breathe life into history . . . This is a book about emotions as much as it is about facts. It is not a historical document in the accepted sense. . . and yet ultimately, which historical documents are more important than this?
Astonishing. . . Her years of meticulous listening, her unobtrusiveness and her ear for the telling detail and the memorable story have made her an exceptional witness to modern times. . . This is oral history at its finest and it is also an essay on the power of memory, on what is remembered and what is forgotten
These stories about the women warriors of Mother Russia are a symphony of feminine suffering and strength. . . Read this book. And then read it again