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A review by amurray914
Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexiévich
4.0
A powerful oral history of the Soviet involvement in Afghanistan.
[a:Svetlana Alexievich|7728207|Svetlana Alexievich|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473846978p2/7728207.jpg] constructs a complete picture of what it was like on the ground, the horror, the cruelty, the atrocities on both sides. This collection of interviews gives a unique insight into the feelings, opinions and demons of officers, privates, nurses, doctors, mothers and fathers who lived through this 10 year conflict. Alexievich's novel style, earning her the Nobel prize in literature, results in a comprehensive picture of not only the perspective of those that were there, but that of the Russian government propaganda apparatus and the ill-informed Russian public as a whole.
[a:Svetlana Alexievich|7728207|Svetlana Alexievich|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1473846978p2/7728207.jpg] constructs a complete picture of what it was like on the ground, the horror, the cruelty, the atrocities on both sides. This collection of interviews gives a unique insight into the feelings, opinions and demons of officers, privates, nurses, doctors, mothers and fathers who lived through this 10 year conflict. Alexievich's novel style, earning her the Nobel prize in literature, results in a comprehensive picture of not only the perspective of those that were there, but that of the Russian government propaganda apparatus and the ill-informed Russian public as a whole.