Svetlana Alexievich, Trans. by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky
PositiveThe Wall Street JournalStories of humanity and compassion, revealed in inhumane circumstances, are among the most moving in the book ... This extraordinary book serves to remind us about civilian suffering brought on by conflict ... Ms. Alexievich’s book tests our threshold for pain. But along with it comes an awareness that we must listen to the witnesses. Their accounts are a part of our collective memory.
