యుద్ధం స్త్రీ ప్రకృతికి విరుద్ధం

Svetlana Alexievich collected hundreds of interviews with Soviet women who served in the Second World War as snipers, nurses, pilots, tank crews and partisans. They speak about what official histories left out: the cold, hunger, periods, cut hair, fear, the reaction of men and relatives afterward, and how they were pushed to the margins when they came home. The book is built almost entirely from their voices, edited into short, quoted testimonies.

It suits readers of oral history and of war writing that moves away from battles and generals. Those who want the personal side of the Eastern Front will find these accounts stark and specific.

Deep; a moderate read.

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