Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War
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Winner of the Nobel Prize: â‚¬Å“For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time.â‚¬Â â‚¬â€¢Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation
From 1979 to 1989 a million Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualtiesâ‚¬â€¢and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. Creating controversy and outrage when it was first published in the USSRâ‚¬â€¢it was called by reviewers there a â‚¬Å“slanderous piece of fantasyâ‚¬Â and part of a â‚¬Å“hysterical chorus of malign attacksâ‚¬Ââ‚¬â€¢Zinky Boys presents the candid and affecting testimony of the officers and grunts, nurses and prostitutes, mothers, sons, and daughters who describe the war and its lasting effects. What emerges is a story that is shocking in its brutality and revelatory in its similarities to the American experience in Vietnam. The Soviet dead were shipped back in sealed zinc coffins (hence the term â‚¬Å“Zinky Boysâ‚¬Â), while the state denied the very existence of the conflict. Svetlana Alexievich brings us the truth of the Soviet-Afghan War: the beauty of the country and the savage Army bullying, the killing and the mutilation, the profusion of Western goods, the shame and shattered lives of returned veterans. Zinky Boys offers a unique, harrowing, and unforgettably powerful insight into the realities of war.
Country USA
Brand Norton
Manufacturer Norton
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 0393336867
ReleaseDate 1992-09-30
UnitCount 1
Format Deckle Edge
EANs 9780393336863

Country	USA
Brand	Norton
Manufacturer	Norton
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	0393336867
ReleaseDate	1992-09-30
UnitCount	1
Format	Deckle Edge
EANs	9780393336863

Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War

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