Zinc boys

Book name: Zinc Boys Author: Svetlana Alexievich Publisher: Mamdouh Adwan for Publishing and Distribution Book category: Novels Number of pages: 368 About the book: Svetlana Alexievich in her book Zinc Boys documented the Soviet intervention in Afghanistan between 1979 and 1985. She collected interviews with soldiers returning from the war, or with mothers and wives of soldiers killed there, whose bodies were returned in zinc coffins. The result of the war was thousands of dead, disabled, and missing persons, which led Svetlana to raise sensitive questions about the war: Who are we? Why did we do that? Why did this happen to us? And why did we believe all of that? Svetlana was prosecuted for publishing this book, and part of the documents related to the trial have been added in the Arabic translation.