In Search of the Free Individual The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul

• Main Author: Alexievich, Svetlana (auth)
• Other Authors: Gambrell, Jamey (auth, Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cornell University Press 2018
• Series: Distinguished Speakers Series
• Subjects: Memoirs; History of other lands; Creative writing & creative writing guides; History; Slavic Studies; Language & Literature
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

"I love life in its living form, life that's found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, and moans." So begins this speech delivered in Russian at Cornell University by Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In poetic language, Alexievich traces th...