Secondhand Time: An Oral History of the Fall of the Soviet Union

Время сэконд хэнд. Конец красного человека

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Secondhand Time: An Oral History of the Fall of the Soviet Union

Время сэконд хэнд. Конец красного человека

Written by Svetlana Alexievich
4.85 32,531 ratings
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From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive documentary style, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals.

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Pages 23
Language Eng
Publisher Random House Audio
Published August 15, 2013
ISBN 28815548
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Svetlana Alexievich is a writer and avid reader based in the Pacific Northwest. Before pursuing writing full-time, they spent over a decade working in education. When not working on their next book, Svetlana Alexievich can usually be found hiking with their dog or trying out new coffee shops in their neighborhood.

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