What would have made Secondhand Time better?
Readers more familiar with Russian language, whose readings would avoid adding inflections, emphases, and emotional colorations. The”acting” being done by the readers distracted from the meaning of the text.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Secondhand Time?
The overall story of the emergence from communism and the post-communist transition into capitalism, as played out in the individual lives of real people.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Too much artificial emoting.