Los muchachos de zinc by Svetlana Alexievich

330 pages first pub 1989 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional informative reflective slow-paced
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The Afghanistan War claimed 50,000 casualties--and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. Creating controversy and outrage when it was first published in the USSR--it was called by reviewers there a "slanderous piece of fantasy" an...

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Moods

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

Pace

medium 57%
slow 34%
fast 7%

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4.29

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