Svetlana Alexievich

20 books

Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man by Bill Buford

Granta 34: Death of a Harvard Man

Granta #34

Bill Buford

256 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

art essays literary short stories dark funny reflective medium-paced
In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul by Svetlana Alexievich

In Search of the Free Individual: The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul

Svetlana Alexievich

42 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction essays challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexievich

Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories

Голоса утопии #2

Svetlana Alexievich

320 pages • first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Other Stories by Maxim Osipov

Rock, Paper, Scissors, and Other Stories

Maxim Osipov

312 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective medium-paced
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets by Svetlana Alexievich

Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

Голоса утопии #5

Svetlana Alexievich

496 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction history politics dark informative reflective slow-paced
The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II by Svetlana Alexievich

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

Голоса утопии #1

Svetlana Alexievich

381 pages • first pub 1983 (editions)

nonfiction history dark emotional sad medium-paced
Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, Alma Lapinskienė, Keith Gessen

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Голоса утопии #4

Svetlana Alexievich, Alma Lapinskienė, Keith Gessen

236 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history science dark emotional sad medium-paced
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

Голоса утопии #3

Svetlana Alexievich

224 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
Boys in Zinc: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Alexievich
Boys in Zinc: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
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Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Alexievich

Boys in Zinc: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

Svetlana Alexievich, Svetlana Alexievich

310 pages • first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich, Andrew Byron
Chernobyl Prayer
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Svetlana Alexievich, Andrew Byron

Chernobyl Prayer

Svetlana Alexievich, Andrew Byron

missing duration info • first pub 1997 (editions)

fiction history emotional reflective slow-paced