Everyday Russian citizens recount the past thirty years, showing us what life was like. In The Australian, Mireille Juchau wrote that the work had "magnetic detail" and commented that the subtitle "An Oral History" did not encompass the scale of its contents, citing Ales Adamovich's description of Alexievich as an author of " epic chorus"-style literature. In Secondhand Time, Alexievich chronicles the demise of communism. Comparing the author to Studs Terkel, Garner praised the observations of Alexievich and the English translation's quality. Dwight Garner described it as an "enormous radio" of stories but commented that they sometimes are "baggy and repetitive". The Guardian named it the third best book of the 21st Century. It also documents the cultural and political life of its citizens in Soviet Russia as money and commercial restaurants replaced the influence of books and domestic kitchen spaces. Secondhand Time reflects on the hopes of the Russian people in the early 90s and the broken promises by its politicians. The book contains few comments from the author herself. An oral history of the Soviet Union and its end, it shares the feelings and views of its people as the country transitioned to capitalism. Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets ( Russian: Время секонд хэнд, romanized: Vremya sekond khend) is a 2013 book by Belarusian Nobel laureate Svetlana Alexievich.
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