La guerra no té cara de dona

Synopsis of La guerra no té cara de dona

This book brings together the memories of hundreds of women who fought in the ranks of the Red Army during World War II. These women not only rescued and cared for the wounded, but were also snipers, detonated bombs and killed their enemies. Svetlana Aleksiévitx recovers in this testimonial work a part of history that has often been omitted in war stories. For the first time, these women recount the least heroic part of the war: they talk about the dirt and the cold, the hunger, the anguish, the sexual violence and the omnipresent shadow of death.