The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich - Book Review

The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II (Hardcover)

By Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear (Translated by), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translated by)

$30.00

ISBN: 9780399588723

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Published: Random House - July 25th, 2017

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Thousands of Soviet women fought for the Motherland in World War II, enduring atrocities that scarred them for life. Alexievich chronicles their brutal stories, and emerges with human, humane, and distinctly female voices valiantly seeking absolution for the harrowing sins of war. ~ Reviewed by Mike Hare