Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexiévich

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

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Svetlana Alexiévich with Julia Whitby (Translator), Robin Whitby (Translator), Christine Marshall (Narrator)

7 hours, 1 minutes first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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Winner of the Nobel Prize: "For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." (Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation) From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 5...

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emotional 81%
sad 77%
dark 75%
reflective 61%
informative 59%
challenging 45%
tense 20%
adventurous 2%
inspiring 2%

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fast 7%

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