The Unwomanly Face of War. Early inscription of the Nobel Prize female laureate in Literature (2015).

Alexievich, Svetlana [The Unwomanly Face of War]. U Voiny Ne Zhenskoe Litso... [Preface by Ales Adamovich].Designed by V. Masterov. Minsk, Mastatckaia litaratura, 1985.8vo, 315, [5] pp., ill. In publisher’s hardcover. Signed and inscribed to title page.Near very good condition. Signed and inscribed by the author: 'Dorogomu Anatoliiu / Nikolaevichu Zhukovu - na / dobruiu pamiat’ o nashem / peredelkinskom sosedstve. / Svetlana Aleksievich / 6.VIII.85 g. / g. Minsk'. [To Anatoly Nikolaevich Zhukov – in fond memory of our neighborhood in Peredelkino. Svetlana Aleksievich. August 6th, 1985. Minsk]. First book edition. One of the first two books by Alexievich (both were published in 1985). Belarusian journalist and writer Svetlana Alexievich (b. 1948), the Nobel Prize laureate in Literature (2015), signed this book to the Soviet writer Anatoliy Zhukov (1931-2013). Anatoliy Zhukov served as the chairman of the board of directors at Sovetskiy Pisatel’ Publishing House in Moscow, where 'The Un