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by egao1980 2247 days ago
Unfortunatelly she's got her prize not because the book is good but because USSR is evil in it.

Aside of her book writing Alexievich is well known for her outright Russophobic comments.

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I can’t say I’ve got this impression from reading her books. Opposed to the state perhaps, but not the people. Her books are all about the mistreatment of people.

I’d particularly recommend The Unwomanly Face of War which is about women in the Soviet army in WW2, and Boys in Zinc which is about the Soviets in Afghanistan.

Edit: egao1980 is some sort of troll/propaganda account.

It would be a boring world if everyone just agreed with each other and had the same opinions.

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