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| Title | : | Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.16 (766 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0399588809 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 496 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
Coetzee. 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. Hereis an account of life in the aftermath of an idea so powerful it once dominated a third of the world. In Secondhand Time, Alexievich chronicles the demise of communism. A series of monologues by people across the former Soviet empire, it is Tolstoyan in scope, driven by the idea that history is made not only by major players but also by ordinary people.”—The New York Times “There’s been n
But 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“Like the greatest works of fiction, Secondhand Time is a comprehensive and unflinching exploration of the human condition. Alexievich’s tools are different from those of a novelist, yet in its scope and wisdom, Secondhand Time is comparable to War and Peace.”—The Wall Street Journal“Already hailed as a masterpiece across Europe, Se
Interesting, but repetitive Thomas Reiter I just finished this rather intense book and wanted to provide a review. If you are looking for a book about balalaikas and ballerinas, Tolstoy and troikas, this is not the book for you--this is a book about the tsunami of misery and ruin which engulfed many inhabitants of the Soviet Union in the aftermath of its collapse--the inhabitants that didn't understand what happened to their old world, or how to live in the new one Just for context, I lived in Moscow in the summer of 1992, summer of 1993, 1994-2000, and 2008-2016 and have traveled extensively in Russia, so I have quite a lot of experience . Secondhand Time Having read hundreds of books on the Soviet Union and today's Russia there are few that make the kind of impression that Alexievich's latest foray into the lives of generations of former Soviet men and women has left on me. "Secondhand time" is a book about life and death, suffering, tragedy, the human condition and what life is like in a space that encompasses a world not totally forgotten, that of the Soviet Union, and one not totally understood, crony capitalism moving in the direction of new-age fascism. The weaknesses or biases of the book are few, even though they are important to remember. T. "Literary non-fiction at its best" according to Lionel D. Youst. I probably wouldn't be reading Svetlana Alexievich had she not been awarded the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016. Her oeuvre is the creative assemblage of interviews with subjects who had experiences or observations of great moments in history. This is oral history, a form of non-fiction. The Nobel Prize in literature is usually awarded for novels, poetry, or drama. Only twice before in its 115 year history has it awarded the literature prize for works in non-fiction. The second prize, in 1902, went to Theodor Mommsen for his monumental History of Rome, thereby establishing an early precedent. Th
She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature “for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.” . Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine, in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Her works include War’s Unwomanly Face (1985), Last Witnesses
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