Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

320 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced

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Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana AlexievichI finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer c...

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Moods

sad 86%
emotional 78%
dark 62%
reflective 59%
informative 40%
challenging 29%
tense 27%
hopeful 5%
inspiring 2%

Pace

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fast 36%
slow 24%

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