Zinc boys, by: Svetlana Alexievich

In her book Zinc Boys, Svitlana 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 who were killed there, and their bodies were returned in zinc coffins. The result of the war was thousands of dead, disabled, and missing persons, which led Svitlana to raise sensitive questions about the war: who are we? Why did we do that? And why did this happen to us? Most importantly, why did we believe all of that? Svitlana was prosecuted for publishing this book, and part of the documents related to the trial were added in the Arabic translation. Number of pages: 364