{"product_id":"the-unwomanly-face-of-war-an-oral-history-of-women-in-world-war-ii-paperback","title":"The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSvetlana Alexievich\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRichard Pevear\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eLarissa Volokhonsky\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e - NPR - \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eMilwaukee Journal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor 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.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Unwomanly Face of War, \u003c\/i\u003eAlexievich 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Translated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, \u003ci\u003eThe Unwomanly Face of War\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eTHE WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A landmark.\"\u003cb\u003e--Timothy Snyder, author of \u003ci\u003eOn Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"An astonishing book, harrowing and life-affirming . . . It deserves the widest possible readership.\"\u003cb\u003e--Paula Hawkins, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl on the Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Alexievich has gained probably the world's deepest, most eloquent understanding of the post-Soviet condition. . . .  She] has consistently chronicled that which has been intentionally forgotten.\"\u003cb\u003e--Masha Gessen, National Book Award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eThe Future Is History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSvetlana Alexievich\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Starting out as a journalist, she developed her own nonfiction genre, which gathers a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Unwomanly Face of War \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eLast Witnesses\u003c\/i\u003e (1985), \u003ci\u003eZinky Boys \u003c\/i\u003e(1990), \u003ci\u003eVoices from\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eChernobyl \u003c\/i\u003e(1997), and \u003ci\u003eSecondhand Time \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature \"for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52013634060589,"sku":"9780399588747","price":23.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/the-unwomanly-face-of-war-an-oral-history-of-women-in-world-war-ii-paperback-9814272.webp?v=1777443427","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-unwomanly-face-of-war-an-oral-history-of-women-in-world-war-ii-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}