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Edition 29 (2013)

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Svetlana Alexievich すゔぇとらーな・あれくしえーゔぃち Winner

A work of oral history that traces post-Soviet Russia through dozens of voices. Hope, disillusionment, freedom, and loss accumulate into a vivid portrait of an era.

Dozens of voices rebuild the emotional history of post-Soviet life.

496 pages
Russiaoral historyhistory