Name: Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) (in English)
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Author: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9780593308530

portada Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Svetlana Alexievich

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Year

2021

Language

English

Pages

288

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

20.8 x 14.0 x 2.8 cm

Weight

0.34 kg.

ISBN13

9780593308530

Synopsis "Last Witnesses (Adapted for Young Adults) (in English)"

A powerful portrait of the personal consequences of war as seen through the innocent eyes of children, from a Nobel Prize-winning writer. Nobel Prize-winning writer Svetlana Alexievich delves into the traumatic memories of children who were separated from their parents during World War II--most of them never to be reunited--in this this young adult adaptation of her acclaimed nonfiction masterpiece (The Guardian), Last Witnesses: An Oral History of the Children of WWII. The personal narratives told by those who were children during WWII and survived harrowing experiences, are astounding. So many children were separated from their loved ones in the midst of the terror and chaos. As a result, some grew up in orphanages or were raised by grandparents or extended family; others were taken in and cared for by strangers who risked punishment for such acts. Still others lived on their own or became underage soldiers. Forthright and riveting, these bravely told oral histories of survival reveal the heart-rending details of life during wartime while reminding us that resilience is possible, no matter the circumstances.

Svetlana Alexievich

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(Ivano-Frankivsk, Ucrania, 1948) es una prestigiosa periodista y escritora bielorrusa cuya obra ofrece un retrato profundamente crítico de la antigua Unión Soviética y de las secuelas que ha dejado en sus habitantes. Su espíritu crítico, su profundo compromiso con los que sufren y su fructífera carrera literaria han sido reconocidos con innumerables galardones, entre los que cabe destacar el premio Nobel de Literatura (2015), el Premio Ryszard-Kapuscinski de Polonia (1996), el Premio Herder de Austria (1999), el Premio Nacional del Círculo de Críticos de Estados Unidos (2006), el Premio Médicis de Ensayo en Francia (2013) y el Premio de la Paz de los libreros alemanes (2013). Es oficial de la orden de las Artes y las Letras de la República Francesa y doctora honoris causa por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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