Reviews tagging 'Xenophobia'

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

2 reviews

hyppolitas's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective

Incredible, seminal, the starting point of a lot female-centric choral war memoirs. It was a huge inspiration to Campiello-winner Benedetta Tobagi, who wrote La resistenza delle donne about Italian female partisans and resistance members during WWII. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia, War, Rape, and Child death

yrlaevelyn's review against another edition

dark emotional informative sad tense

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Sexism, War, Grief, Death, Fire/Fire injury, Gun violence, Hate crime, Violence, Gore, Blood, and Medical content

Moderate: Child death, Torture, Excrement, Xenophobia, Antisemitism, Death of parent, Animal death, Genocide, Rape, Sexual violence, Suicide, Mental illness, and Pregnancy