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Bibliography Information:
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Collection:
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Adult Nonfiction |
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Call Number:
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947.086 |
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Author:
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Aleksievich, Svetlana |
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Title:
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Secondhand time |
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Remainder of title:
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the last of the Soviets |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia. Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive documentary style, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals"-- |
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International Standard Book Number:
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9780399588808 (hardback : acid-free paper) |
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Canceled/invalid ISBN:
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9780399588815 (ebook) |
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Description conventions:
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rda |
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Language code of text/sound track or separate title:
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eng |
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Language code of original and/or intermediate translations of text:
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rus |
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Authentication code:
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pcc |
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Geographic area code:
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e-ru--- |
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Geographic area code:
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e-ur--- |
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Classification number:
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DK510.76 |
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Item number:
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.A44913 2016 |
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Edition number:
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23 |
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Classification number:
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947.086092/2 |
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Source of number:
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bisacsh |
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Classification number:
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HIS012000 |
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Classification number:
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HIS032000 |
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Dates associated with a name:
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1948- |
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Uniform title:
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Vremëiìa sekond khçend. |
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Language of a work:
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English |
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Statement of responsibility, etc.:
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Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Bela Shayevich. |
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Title proper/short title:
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Second hand time |
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Edition statement:
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First U.S. Edition. |
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Place of publication:
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New York ,NY |
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Name of publisher:
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Pengquin Random House |
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Date of publication:
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2016 |
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New York : |
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Random House, |
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[2016] |
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Extent:
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470 pages |
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Dimensions:
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25 cm |
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rdacontent |
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text |
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txt |
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rdamedia |
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unmediated |
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n |
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rdacarrier |
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volume |
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nc |
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General note:
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First published in Russian in 2013. |
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Formatted contents note:
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Chronology -- Remarks from an accomplice -- I. The Consolation of Apocalypse -- Snatches of street noise and kitchen conversations (1991-2001) -- Ten Stories in a Red Interior -- On the beauty of dictatorship and the mystery of butterflies in cement -- On brothers and sisters, victims and executioners...and the electorate -- On cries and whispers...and exhilaration -- On the lonely red marshal and three days of forgotten revolution -- On the mercy of memories and the lust for meaning -- On a different Bible and a different kind of believer -- On the cruelty of the flames and salvation from above -- On the sweetness of suffering and the trick of the Russian soul -- On a time when anyone who kills believes that they are serving God -- On the little red flag and the smile of the axe -- II. The Charms of Emptiness -- Snatches of street noise and kitchen conversations (2002-2012) -- Ten Stories In The Absence of an Interior -- On Romeo and Juliet...except their names were Margarita and Abulfaz -- On people who instantly transformed after the fall of communism -- On a loneliness that resembles happiness -- On wanting to kill them all and the horror of realizing you really wanted to do it -- On the old crone with a braid and the beautiful young woman -- On a Stranger's Grief that God has deposited on your doorstep -- On life the bitch and one hundred grammes of fine powder in a little white vase -- On how nothing disgusts the dead and the silence of dust -- On the darkness of the evil one and "the other life we can build out of this one" -- On courage and what comes after -- Notes from an everywoman. |
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Summary, etc. note:
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"Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style of oral history, Secondhand Time is a monument to the collapse of the USSR, charting the decline of Soviet culture and speculating on what will rise from the ashes of Communism. As in all her books, Alexievich gives voice to women and men whose stories are lost in the official narratives of nation-states, creating a powerful alternative history from the personal and private stories of individuals. When the Swedish Academy awarded Svetlana Alexievich the Nobel Prize in Literature, they praised her 'polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time,' and cited her for inventing 'a new kind of literary genre.' Sara Danius, the permanent secretary of the Swedish Academy, added that her work comprises 'a history of emotions--a history of the soul'"-- |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Provided by publisher. |
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Source of acquisition:
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Donation from Andrew Fenniman |
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Purchase price:
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30.00 |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Source of heading or term:
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bisacsh |
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Subject:
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Post-communism |
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Subject:
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Oral history |
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Subject:
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Europe / Russia & the Former Soviet Union. |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Russia (Federation) |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Russia (Federation) |
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Geographic subdivision:
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Soviet Union. |
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Geographic name:
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Russia (Federation) |
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Geographic name:
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Soviet Union |
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Geographic name:
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Russia (Federation) |
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Geographic name:
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Soviet Union |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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Form subdivision:
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Biography. |
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General subdivision:
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Social conditions |
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General subdivision:
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Social conditions. |
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Chronological subdivision:
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1991- |
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acquire |
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1 shelf copy |
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policy default |
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HAND CARRY -- NEEDED FO R CONGRESSIONAL LOAN; PLS CONTACT scar, x7717 2016-05-27 |
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rf14 2016-02-09 |
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rf14 2016-02-09 telework ONIX |
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rf14 2016-02-12 telework; original Russian edition is not in LC data base; there is a German translation (2014476560) for class/cutter no.; new NAR done for U.T.; to SL |
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rf07 2016-02-16 (telework) to Dewey |
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rf07 2016-06-02 CIP Ver. to Hand Carry |
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xm06 2016-02-16; |