Svetlana Alexievich, Trans. by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky
MixedThe Minneapolis Star TribuneThe stories — translated from the Russian by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky — are abundant, compelling and fresh. But we learn little about most of the women beyond their names, military titles and quotations. Alexievich’s editing leaves little room to describe their faces, their families, their homes — the context of their stories. It leads to a sometimes choppy format that calls out for more narration.
