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For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. 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 . . . a history of the soul.”
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. These women—more than a million in total—were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.
Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women’s stories. 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.
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.
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Female Participation, Participation, Female, Personal narratives, Russian, Russian Personal narratives, Women, World War, 1939-1945, Military participation, World War (1939-1945) fast (OCoLC)fst01180924, Female, Kvinnofråga, Historia, Socialpolitik, Samhällsvetenskap, Kvinnliga soldater, Ji shi wen xue, Kvinnorollen, Sociala frågor, Niños, Mujeres, Relatos personales, Guerra Mundial II, 1939-1945, Children, Personal narratives, Participación femenina, Women and war, New York Times reviewed, World war, 1939-1945, women, World war, 1939-1945, soviet union, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, russian, Soviet Union, HISTORY, Military, World War II, Russia & the Former Soviet Union, World War (1939-1945.), war, woman, guerra, mujer, Ejército Rojo (Unión Soviética), Mujeres en la guerra, Guerra Mundial, 1939-1945, Relatos personales rusos, Novela rusa, Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945, Femmes, Participation des femmes, Mujeres militares, Women soldiers, Military History, WWII, Military participation, FemalePlaces
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
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我是女兵,也是女人: War's unwomanly face
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«У войны́ не же́нское лицо́» — документально-очерковая книга белорусской писательницы, лауреата Нобелевской премии по литературе 2015 года Светланы Алексиевич. В этой книге собраны рассказы женщин, участвовавших в Великой Отечественной войне.
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