Nobel-winning Belarusian author's books hard to buy in Japan

Nobel-winning Belarusian author's books hard to buy in Japan

Photo taken on June 9, 2015, shows Belarusian author Svetlana Alexievich, who won the 2015 Nobel Prize for Literature for her portrayal of life in the former Soviet Union. Her books are difficult to buy in Japan because a local publisher's right to print her works has expired. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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