Secondhand Time: An Oral History of the Fall of the Soviet Union by Svetlana Alexievich

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

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Svetlana Alexievich with Bela Shayevich (Translator), Amanda Carlin (Narrator), Mark Bramhall (Narrator), Cassandra Campbell (Narrator), Kimberly Farr (Narrator), Kirby Heyborne (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator), Rebecca Lowman (Narrator), Jorjeana Marie (Narrator), Coleen Marlo (Narrator), Kathleen McInerney (Narrator), Fred Sanders (Narrator)

22 hours, 58 minutes • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced

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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 doze...

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dark 76%
informative 76%
reflective 74%
sad 70%
emotional 66%
challenging 55%
tense 17%
hopeful 3%
inspiring 3%
adventurous 1%
funny 1%
mysterious 1%

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medium 42%
fast 1%

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