Secondhand Time
by Svetlana Alexievich
Oral history of the Soviet collapse and its aftermath: hundreds of voices on what was lost, what came, and the longing for a vanished country. Nobel-winning polyphony.
Read it if…
you want to understand post-Soviet Russia from inside its people.
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Skip it if…
you want political analysis.
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Three things you will actually use
- History is lived by individuals.
- Loss is complicated.
- Listen before judging.
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Read the first fifty pages of voices.
Our verdict
Alexievich's chorus.
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