![]() ![]() Svetlana Alexievich began her writing career as a journalist, her interest in the ways everyday people inhabit history inspiring her polyphonic approach to non-fiction. I’m excited for how many people will join me in weeping for Alexievich’s protagonists, and perhaps come out with clearer vision. ![]() ![]() I’m very glad this happened for many reasons, but most of all because it means a wider audience for the book that has crushed and transformed me as I’ve worked on it over the past year. When my phone started ringing at 7.45am here in Philadelphia, I almost didn’t pick up because I knew exactly what this meant: Svetlana Alexievich, author of the book that I’ve been translating, had just won the Nobel prize. ![]()
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