The Nobel-Prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich presents a unique form of oral history in which she has drawn together hundreds of interviews into a cohesive, flowing narrative. Secondhand Time tells the stories of ordinary Russians over the two decades that followed the fall of communism in 1991. Their testimony speaks of joys and sorrows, triumphs and tragedies as the belief system that shaped their whole lives was discredited. Off-mint with American-cut pages and a felt-tip mark on the lower trimmed edge.