Secondhand time

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST AND PUBLISHERS WEEKLY • LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE WINNER

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
The New York Times • The Washington Post • The Boston Globe • The Wall Street Journal • NPR • Financial Times • Kirkus Reviews

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 with a collage of voices, records the stories of ordinary women and men who are rarely given the opportunity to speak, whose experiences are often lost in the official histories of the nation.

In Secondhand Time, Alexievich chronicles the demise of communism. Everyday Russian citizens recount the past thirty years, showing us what life was like during the fall of the Soviet Union and what it’s like to live in the new Russia left in its wake. Through interviews spanning 1991 to 2012, Alexievich takes us behind the propaganda and contrived media accounts, giving us a panoramic portrait of contemporary Russia and Russians who still carry memories of oppression, terror, famine, massacres—but also of pride in their country, hope for the future, and a belief that everyone was working and fighting together to bring about a utopia. Here is an account of life in the aftermath of an idea so powerful it once dominated a third of the world.

A magnificent tapestry of the sorrows and triumphs of the human spirit woven by a master, Secondhand Time tells the stories that together make up the true history of a nation. “Through the voices of those who confided in her,” The Nation writes, “Alexievich tells us about human nature, about our dreams, our choices, about good and evil—in a word, about ourselves.”

Praise for Svetlana Alexievich and Secondhand Time

“The nonfiction volume that has done the most to deepen the emotional understanding of Russia during and after the collapse of the Soviet Union of late is Svetlana Alexievich’s oral history Secondhand Time.”—David Remnick, The New Yorker

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Second hand time is the latest work from svetlana alexievich winner of the 2015 nobel prize in literature in this book she creates a singular polyphonic literary form by bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the ussr in a brilliant poignant and unique portrait of Op voorraad. Voor 23:59 besteld, morgen in huis .. MEER INFO

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New york times bestseller a symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the soviet union and the emergence of a new russia from svetlana alexievich winner of the nobel prize in literature named one of the ten best books of the year by the washington post and publishers weekly los Direct beschikbaar .. MEER INFO

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Taal: en

Bindwijze: Paperback

Oorspronkelijke releasedatum: 21 maart 2017

Aantal pagina's: 470

Kaarten inbegrepen: Nee

Illustraties: Nee

Hoofdauteur: Svetlana Alexievich

Tweede Auteur: Svetlana Aleksievich

Hoofduitgeverij: Random House Trade Paperbacks

Eerste Vertaler: Bela Shayevich

Tweede Vertaler: Shayevich, Bela

Originele titel: Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

AI-gegenereerd: Nee

Dyslexievriendelijk: Nee

Editie: Reprint edition

Extra groot lettertype: Nee

Product breedte: 142 mm

Product hoogte: 30 mm

Product lengte: 203 mm

Studieboek: Ja

Verpakking breedte: 134 mm

Verpakking hoogte: 30 mm

Verpakking lengte: 195 mm

Verpakkingsgewicht: 652 g

eWaste: Nee

EAN: 9780399588822

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