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Secondhand Time
An exploration of Svetlana Alexievich's 'Secondhand Time,' examining the profound human experience of living through the collapse of a grand ideology, where personal memory clashes with a radically altered present, and the relentless search for meaning defines existence.
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“An exploration of Svetlana Alexievich's 'Secondhand Time,' examining the profound human experience of living through the collapse of a grand ideology, where personal memory clashes with a radically altered present, and the relentless search for meaning defines existence.”
— Svetlana Alexievich, Secondhand Time
soviet collapse, post-soviet, collective memory
Best suited to listeners who want a clearer working understanding of soviet collapse, post-soviet, collective memory and better judgment in how they apply it.
Svetlana Alexievich brings a credible and useful lens to soviet collapse, post-soviet, collective memory, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.