{"product_id":"2940169409048","title":"Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of World War II","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the Nobel Prize-winning writer, an oral history of children's experiences in World War II across Russiaamp;mdash;in the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Unwomanly Face of War \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSecondhand Time\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor more than three decades, Svetlana Alexievich has been the memory and conscience of the twentieth century. When the Swedish Academy awarded her the Nobel Prize, it cited her for inventing \"a new kind of literary genre,\" describing her work as \"a history of emotions . . . a history of the soul.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, \u003ci\u003eLast Witnesses\u003c\/i\u003e is Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. They had sometimes been soldiers as well as witnesses, and their generation grew up with the trauma of the war deeply embeddedamp;mdash;a trauma that would change the course of the Russian nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCollectively, this symphony of children's stories, filled with the everyday details of life in combat, reveals an altogether unprecedented view of the war. Alexievich gives voice to those whose memories have been lost in the official narratives, uncovering a powerful, hidden history from the personal and private experiences of individuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTranslated by the renowned Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, \u003ci\u003eLast Witnesses\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and poignant account of the central conflict of the twentieth century, a kaleidoscopic portrait of the human side of war.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47169195966704,"sku":"2940169409048","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169409048_p0.jpg?v=1763782489","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169409048","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}