This book hits the reader like a Soviet-Russian punch to the face. It takes a while to recover from seeing the world through their eyes. But it also makes it easier to understand today’s war. A must-read.
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- 695 pages
- 25 hours of reading
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Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book she creates a singular, polyphonic literary form by bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a brilliant, poignant and unique portrait of post-Soviet society.
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Second-hand Time, Svetlana Alexievitch
- Language
- Released
- 2016
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- Second-hand Time
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Svetlana Alexievitch
- Publisher
- Fitzcarraldo Editions
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 695
- ISBN10
- 1910695114
- ISBN13
- 9781910695111
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Historical Themes, History, True Stories, Political Science & Politics, Women, Politics, Creative Nonfiction, Gifts for grandpa, Memories, Russia, Emotions, Narrative Journalism, Communism, Soviet Union, Present, History and Facts, Based on True Events, Nobel prize, Experiences, Post-War Era, Magnesia Litera, Nobel Prize in Literature, Post-Communism, Post-Socialism, Perestroika
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- Время секонд хэнд (Vremja sekond chend)
- Rating
- 4.55 out of 5
- Description
- Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book she creates a singular, polyphonic literary form by bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a brilliant, poignant and unique portrait of post-Soviet society.