by Светлана Алексиевич · Suhrkamp · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783518465721
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«Secondhand-Zeit: Leben auf den Trümmern des Sozialismus» is Svetlana Alexievich's chronicle, published by Suhrkamp in paperback (570 pages, in German).
The author constructs a polyphonic narrative from testimonies of citizens who lived through the end of the Soviet Union. Voices from different backgrounds speak of life under socialism, perestroika, and the difficult adaptation to the new Russia, marked by disillusionment and nostalgia.
The work was translated from Russian by Ganna-Maria Braungardt; the original is «Время сэконд хэнд». It is number 4572 in Suhrkamp Taschenbuch. Svetlana Alexievich received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2015.
Recommended for readers interested in the history of post-Soviet Russia and in narrative journalism based on testimonies.
Svetlana Alexandrovna Alexievich is a Belarusian investigative journalist, essayist and oral historian who writes in Russian. She was awarded the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time". She is the first writer from Belarus to receive the award.
