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Secondhand Time The Last of the Soviets

Svetlana Alexievich

NEW YORK TIMES When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing “a new kind of literary genre,” describing her work as “a history of emotions—a history of the soul.” Alexievich’s distinctive documentary style, combining extended individual monologues...

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This book was mentioned as an oral history of Russians discussing life after the Soviet Union, containing striking interviews with people reflecting on the past era.

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There's a really good book by a woman whose name escapes me right now. It's called Secondhand Time, won the Nobel Prize a few years back. And it was an oral history of Russians talking about the Sovie...

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This book was mentioned as an oral history of Russians discussing life after the Soviet Union, containing striking interviews with people reflecting on the past era.

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There's a really good book by a woman whose name escapes me right now. It's called Secondhand Time, won the Nobel Prize a few years back. And it was an oral history of Russians talking about the Soviet Union post-Russia.

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