Last Witnesses: Unchildlike Stories by Svetlana Alexiévich, Larissa Volokhonsky, Richard Pevear

320 pages first pub 1985 (editions)

nonfiction history emotional reflective sad medium-paced
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Stunning stories about what it was like to be a Soviet child during the upheaval and horror of the Second World War, from Nobel Laureate Svetlana AlexievichI finished first grade in May of 41, and my parents took me for the summer to the Pioneer c...

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Moods

sad 81%
emotional 75%
dark 72%
reflective 54%
challenging 37%
informative 37%
tense 32%
hopeful 6%
inspiring 3%

Pace

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fast 33%
slow 23%

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