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The Unwomanly Face of War: An Oral History of Women in World War II

by Svetlana Alexievich

Nobel laureate Alexievich compiles the testimonies of Soviet women who fought, nursed, and survived World War II—voices long silenced by official histories. Their stories are harrowing, tender, and unflinching: a polyphonic monument to courage, trauma, and the gendered toll of war.

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