Title:
Zinky boys : Soviet voices from the Afghanistan war / Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Andrew Bromfield.
ISBN:
9781324051121
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.
©1992
Physical Description:
v, 294 pages ; 21 cm
General Note:
Originally published by W. W. Norton & Company in 1992.
This translation first published by Penguin Books in 2017.
Contents:
Prologue -- From the notebooks -- Day one, for many shally com in my name... -- Day two, and another dieth in the bitterness of his soul -- Day three, regard not them that have familiar spirits, neither seek after wizards -- Post Mortem -- Zinky boys on trial.
Summary:
"Before the United States' invasion, a million Soviet troops fought a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed 50,000 casualties—and the youth and humanity of many tens of thousands more. The Soviet Union talked about a 'peacekeeping' mission, while the dead were shipped back in zinc-lined coffins. In this new translation, Zinky Boys weaves together the candid and affecting testimony of the officers and grunts, doctors and nurses, mothers, sons, and daughters who describe the war and its lasting effects." -- From publisher.
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Added Author:
Language Note:
Translated from the Russian.
OCLC Number:
on1371450836
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