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PAQ. SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH. ULTIMOS TESTIGOS / LOS MUCHACHOS DEL ZINC
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Svetlana Alexievich
53 books5,828 followersSvetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano Frankivsk, Soviet Union. Her father was Belarusian and her mother Ukrainian. Alexievich grew up in Belarus, where both her parents were teachers. She studied to be a journalist at the University of Minsk and worked a teacher, journalist and editor. In Minsk she has worked at the newspaper Sel'skaja Gazeta, Alexievich's criticism of the political regimes in the Soviet Union and thereafter Belarus has periodically forced her to live abroad, for example in Italy, France, Germany and Sweden.
Svetlana Alexievich depicts life during and after the Soviet Union through the experience of individuals. In her books she uses interviews to create a collage of a wide range of voices. With her "documentary novels", Svetlana Alexievich, who is a journalist, moves in the boundary between reporting and fiction. Her major works are her grand cycle Voices of Utopia, which consists of five parts. Svetlana Alexievich's books criticize political regimes in both the Soviet Union and later Belarus.
In 2015 Ms Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
Svetlana Alexievich depicts life during and after the Soviet Union through the experience of individuals. In her books she uses interviews to create a collage of a wide range of voices. With her "documentary novels", Svetlana Alexievich, who is a journalist, moves in the boundary between reporting and fiction. Her major works are her grand cycle Voices of Utopia, which consists of five parts. Svetlana Alexievich's books criticize political regimes in both the Soviet Union and later Belarus.
In 2015 Ms Alexievich was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
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October 26, 2025
Historias que duelen, muchas veces me pregunté porque seguía leyendo, si es muy triste y deprimente. Son historias que merecen ser escuchadas (o leídas). Increíble la capacidad del crueldad que puede haber en el ser humano. Difícil imaginar la capacidad de resiliencia de todos esos niños. Es duro leer cada una de esas historias, pero ellos lo valen, lo merecen.
July 28, 2024
Un libro que duele..
November 22, 2025
📖 ÚLTIMOS TESTIGOS.
🪶 Svetlana Aleksievich
"Cosas así solo ocurren en los cuentos de hadas y en las guerras..."
NECESARIO... PERO NO ES UNA JOYA.
Una compilación de testimonios desgarradores de personas que vivieron los horrores de la guerra en su infancia.
Es imposible no perder el aliento ante las atrocidades y crueldades que se relatan.
En varios momentos se vuelve reiterativo. Carece de una estructura de contexto o apoyo que lo haga más ameno. Entiendo que la intención de la autora es hacerse a un lado para que las voces vayan tejiendo su propio vestigio, pero un alivio entre los cientos de relatos se hubiera agradecido.
Calificación 🌕🌕🌕🌑 🌑
🪶 Svetlana Aleksievich
"Cosas así solo ocurren en los cuentos de hadas y en las guerras..."
NECESARIO... PERO NO ES UNA JOYA.
Una compilación de testimonios desgarradores de personas que vivieron los horrores de la guerra en su infancia.
Es imposible no perder el aliento ante las atrocidades y crueldades que se relatan.
En varios momentos se vuelve reiterativo. Carece de una estructura de contexto o apoyo que lo haga más ameno. Entiendo que la intención de la autora es hacerse a un lado para que las voces vayan tejiendo su propio vestigio, pero un alivio entre los cientos de relatos se hubiera agradecido.
Calificación 🌕🌕🌕🌑 🌑
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