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Svetlana Alexievich was born in the Ukraine and studied journalism at the Universityof Minsk. Her books, including Voices from Chernobyl, document the emotional history Soviet and post-Soviet life through interviews. Alexievich has received numerous awards for her writing, including a prize from the Swedish PEN Institute for "courage and dignity as a writer." She was awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2015 "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
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by Svetlana Alexievich, Bela Shayevich (Translator)
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II
by Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
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Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
by Svetlana Alexievich, Andrew Bromfield (Translator)
Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
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In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul
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In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul
by Svetlana Alexievich, Jamey Gambrell (Translator)

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Title: Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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Title: The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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Title: Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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Title: In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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Voces de Chernóbil: Crónica del futuro
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by Svetlana Alexievich
Narrated by  Angi Sansón, Belén Roca, Gemma Ibáñez, Irene Montalà, Jordi Boixaderas, José Posada, Juan Carlos Gustems, Luis Posada, Marcel Navarro, María Luisa Solá, Masumi Mutsuda, Mercè Montalà, Nerea Alfonso Mercado, Neus Sendra, Nuria Mediavilla, Nuria Trifol, Rafa Parra, Raúl Lloréns, Roger Isasi-Isasmendi, Víctor Velasco, Carlos Vicente, Iván Priego Posada, Marta Rodríguez, Xavi Fernández
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Title: La guerra no tiene rostro de mujer / The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II
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Narrated by  Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson, Allen Lewis Rickman
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Title: A Guerra não Tem Rosto de Mulher / The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II, Author: Svetlana Alexievich
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