书目

Last Witnesses：Unchildlike Stories

内容简介

StunningstoriesaboutwhatitwasliketobeaSovietchildduringtheupheavalandhorroroftheSecondWorldWar,fromNobelLaureateSvetlanaAlexievichIfinishedfirstgradeinMayof41,andmyparentstookmeforthesummertothePioneercamp.Icamethere,wentforaswimonce,andtwodayslaterthewarbegan.Germanplanesflewover,andweshouted"Hurray!"Wedidn'tunderstandthattheycouldbeenemyplanes.Untiltheybegantobombus...Thenallcoloursdisappeared.Allshades.WhatdiditmeantogrowupintheSovietUnionduringtheSecondWorldWar?Inthelate1970s,SvetlanaAlexievichstartedinterviewingpeoplewhohadexperiencedwaraschildren,thegenerationthatsurvivedandhadtolivewiththetraumathatwouldforeverchangethecourseoftheRussiannation.Withremarkablecareandempathy,Alexievichgivesvoicetothosewhosestoriesarelostintheofficialnarratives,uncoveringapowerful,hiddenhistoryofoneofthemostimportanteventsofthetwentiethcentury.PublishedtogreatacclaimintheUSSRin1985andnowavailableinEnglishforthefirsttime,thismasterpieceoffersakaleidoscopicportraitofthehumanconsequencesofthewar-andanextraordinarychronicleoftheRussiansoul.

作者简介

SvetlanaAlexievichwasborninIvano-Frankivskin1948andhasspentmostofherlifeintheSovietUnionandpresent-dayBelarus,withprolongedperiodsofexileinWesternEurope.Startingoutasajournalist,shedevelopedherown,distinctivenon-fictiongenrewhichbringstogetherachorusofvoicestodescribeaspecifichistoricalmoment.HerworksincludeTheUnwomanlyFaceofWar(1985),LastWitnesses(1985),BoysinZinc(1991),ChernobylPrayer(1997)andSecond-HandTime(2013).Shehaswonmanyinternationalawards,includingthe2015NobelPrizeinLiteraturefor'herpolyphonicwritings,amonumenttosufferingandcourageinourtime'.

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