Boys in Zinc - Svetlana Alexijevitsj Martin Mooij rather than follow a career

rather than follow a career in medicine

Een levenswerk is een leerschool in baby’s

At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain

voor een van zijn controversiële vertolkingen van Chopin

In Vrienden volgen we Khaled

Boys in Zinc - Svetlana Alexijevitsj Martin Mooij rather than follow a careerFrom 1979 to 1989 Soviet troops engaged in a devastating war in Afghanistan that claimed thousands of casualties on both sides. While the Soviet Union talked about a 'peace keeping' mission, the dead were shipped back in sealed zinc coffins. Boys in Zinc presents the honest testimonies of soldiers, doctors and nurses, mothers, wives and siblings who describe the lasting effects of war. Weaving together their stories, Svetlana Alexievich shows us the