The Nobel-Prizewinning author Svetlana Alexievich has drawn together hundreds of interviews into a cohesive, flowing narrative to tell the stories of ordinary Russians over the two decades following the fall of communism in 1991. Their testimonies speak of triumphs, sorrows and tragedies as the belief system that shaped their lives was overturned. Off-mint with American-cut pages and a felt-tip mark on the lower trimmed edge.