During World War II\, nearly a million girls and women se rved in the Soviet army. Some were still teenagers when they became sniper s\, pilots\, mechanics\, tank drivers\, nurses\, or surgeons. They were re ady to die for their country\, and yet at the same time\, they longed more than anything to survive.
Decades later\, Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich listened to their st ories and their silences. Slowly\, these women found the strength to break a long and painful silence and speak about their war. The ‘womanly’ w ar has its own colours\, its own smells\, its own light\, and its own rang e of feelings\, says Alexievich\, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Lite rature in 2015. Like a powerful polyphonic chorus\, these voices reveal a war without heroes in a world where everyone suffers unbearably: people\, animals\, and the earth itself.
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