A Quote by Svetlana Alexievich

I grew up in a village after the war, and in the village, there were almost only women.

Svetlana Alexievich

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Svetlana Alexievich
Belarusian - Journalist
Born: May 31, 1948

I used to live in a village, and I always loved listening to old people. Unfortunately, it was always women who were talking, because after the war, very few men were around. I spent my entire life living in the village. The village is always talking about itself; people are talking to each other as the village makes sense of itself.

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