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

For more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her invention of "a new kind of literary genre," describing her work as "a history of emotions...a history of the soul."

In The Unwomanly Face of War, Alexievich chronicles the experiences of the Soviet women who fought on the front lines, on the home front, and in the occupied territories. These women — more than a million in total — were nurses and doctors, pilots, tank drivers, machine-gunners, and snipers. They battled alongside men, and yet, after the victory, their efforts and sacrifices were forgotten.

Alexievich traveled thousands of miles and visited more than a hundred towns to record these women’s stories. Together, this symphony of voices reveals a different aspect of the war — the everyday details of life in combat left out of the official histories. The Unwomanly Face of War is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war.

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Recommended Age Adults
Author Svetlana Alexievich, ‎Richard Pevear (Translator), ‎ Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
ISBN 0399588728
Publication Date Jul 25, 2017
Publisher Random House
Language English