| #158924 in Books | W. W. Norton Company | 1992-09-30 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.30 x.70 x5.60l,.73 | File type: PDF | 224 pages | ISBN13: 9780393336863 | Condition: New | Notes: BRAND NEW FROM PUBLISHER! 100% Satisfaction Guarantee. Tracking provided on most orders. Buy with Confidence! Millions of books sold!||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| Stunning and Heart Breaking|By Sandra Breuer|She won the Nobel Prize on the basis of this and her other works. Her ability to find and record the authentic voices of those sent by Russia to Afghanistan (the ones who were NOT sent back in the sealed zinc coffins, who lived to tell about it) and those at home who suffered the profound losses is stunning. Don't read this book if y|From Publishers Weekly|The 1979-1989 Soviet war in Afghanistan, as Russian author Alexievich remarks in this oral history, wrenched boys from their daily life of school or college, music and discos, and hurled them into a hell of filth. She conveys that hell her
Winner of the Nobel Prize: “For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” ―Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation
From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties―and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. Creating controversy and outrage when it was first published in the USSR―it was called by revi...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War | Svetlana Alexievich.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.
