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Specificaties
- Auteur
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Uitgever
- Grantham
- ISBN
- 9781910695111
- Bindwijze
- Publicatiedatum
- Mei 2016
- Categorie
- Overig
- Taal
- Engelstalig
Beschrijving
In this magnificent requiem to a civilization in ruins, the winne of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature reinvents a singular, polyphonic literary form, bringing together the voices of dozens of witnesses to the collapse of the USSR in a formidable attempt to chart the disappearance of a culture and to surmise what new kind of man may emerge from the rubble.Alexievich's method is simple: 'I don't ask people about socialism, I ask about love, jealousy, childhood, old age. Music,dances, hairstyles. The myriad sundry details of a vanished way of life. This is the only way to chase the catastrophe into theframework of the mundane and attempt to tell a story. Try to figure things out. It never ceases to amaze me how interestingordinary, everyday life is. There are an endless number of human truths...History's sole concern is the facts; emotions areout of its realm of interest. It's considered improper to admit feelings into history. I look at the world as a writer, not strictlyan historian. I am fascinated by people...'From this fascination emerges a brilliant, poignant and unique portrait of post-Soviet society, built on the traumatismsof its predecessors' collapse.
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Specificaties
- Auteur
- Svetlana Alexievich
- Uitgever
- Grantham
- ISBN
- 9781910695111
- Bindwijze
- Publicatiedatum
- Mei 2016
- Categorie
- Overig
- Taal
- Engelstalig