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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, 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
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The Unwomanly Face of War, Svetlana Alexievitch
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- Released
- 2017
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- Title
- The Unwomanly Face of War
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Svetlana Alexievitch
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Released
- 2017
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 384
- ISBN10
- 0141983523
- ISBN13
- 9780141983523
- Series
- Voices of Utopia
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Biographies, Women, Creative Nonfiction, Military History, Wars, World War II, Death, Gifts for women, Feminism, Russia, Memories, Narrative Journalism, Soviet Union, Partisans, Censorship, Red Army, Women in World War II, Women in the Army, Women and War
- First published
- 1984
- Original title
- У войны - не женское лицо (U vojny ně ženskoje lico)
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- 4.6 out of 5
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- 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, 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