The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexiévich

The Unwomanly Face of War

Voices of Utopia #1

Svetlana Alexiévich with Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator), Richard Pevear (Translator)

384 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction feminism history dark emotional sad medium-paced
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This book is a confession, a document and a record of people's memory. More than 200 women speak in it, describing how young girls, who dreamed of becoming brides, became soldiers in 1941. More than 500,000 Soviet women participated on a par with ...

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