A Nobel laureate writes from her own experience living under Soviet rule

Name: A Nobel laureate writes about living under Soviet rule
Uploaded: 2016-08-04T14:04:14-04:00
Duration: 5 min 21 s
Description: The Nobel Committee called Svetlana Alexievich's writing "a monument to suffering and courage in our time." In this new book, "Secondhand Time", the suffering is (mostly) psychological, as hope and promise at the end of Soviet era turns to despair...

Aug 04, 2016 02:04 PM EDT

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