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Last Witnesses

#2 of 5 in Voices of Utopia

Last Witnesses

An Oral History of the Children of World War II

BySvetlana Alexievich,Richard Pevear(Translator),+1 more
1985

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#2 in Voices of Utopia

Voices of Utopia is a 5-book series with 5 released primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Svetlana Alexievich.

#1
The Unwomanly Face of War
#4
Voices from Chernobyl
#5
Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets

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The bleakest yet most powerful read of the year.

Svetlana Alexievich has interviewed people who were children during World War II. This book is a compilation of their stories.

November 30, 2022

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