Riveting history: Weaved together the testimonies of Soviet women in WWII
The book is composed of oral histories Alexievich gathered in the late 1970s and early ’80s. Alexievich, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2015.
A WOMAN wears her medals during Victory Day celebrations in Riga, Latvia, in 2014, celebrating the victory of the Soviet Union’s Red Army over Nazi Germany in World War II.(photo credit: REUTERS/INTS KALNINS)ByKATE TUTTLE
