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The Unwomanly Face of War

The Unwomanly Face of War

An Oral History of Women in World War II

by Svetlana Alexievich
Hardback
Publication Date: 28/08/2017

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The unforgettable oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories from Soviet women who lived through the Second World War: on the front lines, on the home front and in occupied territories.

As Alexievich gives voice to women who are absent from official narratives - captains, sergeants, nurses, snipers and pilots she shows us a new version of the war we're so familiar with, creating an extraordinary alternative history from their private stories.

Published in 1985 in Russia and now available in English for the first time, The Unwomanly Face of War was Alexievich's first book and a huge bestseller in the Soviet Union, establishing her as a brilliantly revolutionary writer.

ISBN:
9780141983523
9780141983523
Category:
European history
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
28-08-2017
Language:
English
Publisher:
Penguin Books, Limited
Country of origin:
United Kingdom
Pages:
384
Dimensions (mm):
214x136x32mm
Weight:
0.42kg
Svetlana Alexievich

Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk 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 non-fiction genre which brings together a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment.

Her works include The Unwomanly Face of War (1985), Last Witnesses (1985), Boys in Zinc (1991), Chernobyl Prayer (1997) and Second-Hand 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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