TY - BOOK AU - Aleksievich,Svetlana AU - Gambrell,Jamey ED - Project Muse. TI - In Search of the Free Individual : : The History of the Russian-Soviet Soul / T2 - Cornell global perspectives: distinguished speakers series SN - 9781501726927 PY - 2018/// CY - Ithaca PB - Cornell University Press KW - Aleksievich, Svetlana, KW - Philosophy KW - fast KW - National characteristics, Russian KW - Russians KW - philosophy KW - aat KW - Philosophie KW - Russes KW - Soviet Union KW - Russia KW - URSS KW - Histoire KW - History KW - Discours KW - rvmgf KW - Speeches KW - lcgft KW - speeches (documents) KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - "Translated for publication by Jamey Gambrell"--Title page verso; "2016-17 Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellowship Lecture. September 12, 2016. Cornell University."; Speech; Open Access N2 - "I love life in its living form, life that's found on the street, in human conversations, shouts, and moans." So begins this speech delivered in Russian at Cornell University by Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In poetic language, Alexievich traces the origins of her deeply affecting blend of journalism, oral history, and creative writing. Cornell Global Perspectives is an imprint of Cornell University's Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies. The works examine critical global challenges, often from an interdisciplinary perspective, and are intended for a non-specialist audience. The Distinguished Speaker Series presents edited transcripts of talks delivered at Cornell, both in the original language and in translation UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/68516/ ER -