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Catherine Merridale
Author of Lenin on the Train
《Lenin on the Train》作者

Second-Hand Time, by Svetlana Alexievich (Fitzcarraldo/Random House), was certainly the year's most harrowing read.The voices she assembled were all different, yet somehow she drew their testimonies about life in the old Soviet Union into a coherent, symphonic whole.
斯维特兰娜·阿列克谢维奇的《二手时间》是本年最为虐心的读物。她收集了一些全然不同的声音，却又将这些有关前苏联生活的听闻整合塑造成一个连贯、和谐的整体。

Listening to accounts of mass-murder and betrayal is not easy—the printed pages reek of bitterness and rage—yet there is something gracious in Alexievich's prose; she helps us to avoid the obvious mistake of judging anyone.Her book left me with nightmares, but it opened windows on a time and culture that few foreigners can know.
听大屠杀和背叛的故事并不容易——书页间往往弥漫着苦难和愤怒——不过阿列克谢维奇的散文却散发着雅致。她带着我们避免了妄自批判某些人的误区。她的书留给我噩梦，但是却为对那段时光和文化鲜有所知的外国人开了一扇窗。