Svetlana Alexievich

12 books

Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man by Bill Buford

Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man

Bill Buford

256 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

art essays literary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul by Svetlana Alexievich

In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul

Svetlana Alexievich

42 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov

Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Other Stories

Maxim Osipov

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Голоса утопии #5

Svetlana Alexievich

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

Голоса утопии #1

Svetlana Alexievich

381 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective slow-paced
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, Alma Lapinskienė, Keith Gessen

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Голоса утопии #4

Svetlana Alexievich, Alma Lapinskienė, Keith Gessen

236 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science challenging emotional reflective slow-paced
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

Голоса утопии #3

Svetlana Alexievich

224 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II by Svetlana Alexievich, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II

Голоса утопии #2

Svetlana Alexievich, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

320 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Nine of Russia's Foremost Women Writers by Svetlana Alexievich, Мария Арбатова, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Maria Arbatova, Olga Slavnikova, Lyudmila Ulitskaya

Nine of Russia's Foremost Women Writers

Svetlana Alexievich, Мария Арбатова, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, Maria Arbatova, Olga Slavnikova, Lyudmila Ulitskaya

288 pages • first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction reflective medium-paced
On the Battle Lost by Svetlana Alexievich

On the Battle Lost

Svetlana Alexievich

20 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history reflective medium-paced