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The unwomanly face of war

Paperback • 2017 • English • 1. edition

The unwomanly face of war

By Svetlana Aleksandrovna Aleksievič

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About the book

*BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week*The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature"Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? Their words and feelings? A whole world is hidden from us. Their war remains unknown... I want to write the history of that war. A women's history."In the late 1970s, Svetlana Alexi...Show more

Second World War

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ISBN

9780141983523

Publisher

Penguin

Published year

2017

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

The unwomanly face of war

Format

Paperback

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