![]() ![]() ![]() Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war. Together, this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war-the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.Īlexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women's stories. These women-more than a million in total-were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. 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. ![]() 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. The Washington Post - The Guardian - NPR - The Economist - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - Kirkus Reviewsįor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Description A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia-from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature ![]()
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