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

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Svetlana Alexievich with Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)

384 pages first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced

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A long-awaited English translation of the groundbreaking oral history of women in World War II across Europe and Russia--from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Washington Post - The Guardian...

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