TY  - BOOK
AU  - Alexievich,Svetlana 
TI  - UNWOMANLY FACE OF WAR
SN  - 9780141983523
U1  - 940.5347 
PY  - 2017////01/01
CY  - UK
PB  - Penguin
KW  - History-Russian
KW  - Women
KW  - World War (1939-1945)
KW  - Soviet Union
KW  - Military participation--Female
KW  - Children
KW  - Women and war
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 -- Women -- Soviet Union
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Female
KW  - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives
N1  - The long-awaited translation of the classic oral history of Soviet women's experiences in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, The Unwomanly Face of War is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of stories from Soviet women who lived through the Second World War: on the front lines, on the home front, and in occupied territories. As Alexievich gives voice to women who are absent from official narratives - captains, sergeants, nurses, snipers, pilots - she shows us a new version of the war we're so familiar with, creating an extraordinary alternative history from their private stories.

Published in 1985 in Russia and now available in English for the first time, The Unwomanly Face of War was Alexievich's first book and a huge bestseller in the Soviet Union, establishing her as a brilliantly revolutionary writer
ER  -