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Chernobyl prayer: a chronicle of the future

By A. L , Aleksievich , Svetlana;Gunin , Anna;Tait

Book information

Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd;Penguin Classics
Year
2016
ISBN
9780241270547, 0241270545
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1125012 bytes)
Series
Penguin modern classics
Pages
vi, 293 pages\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
1986--Environmental aspects--Belarus;Chernobyl Nuc1986--Social aspects--Belarus;HISTORY / Military /1986;Chernobyl Nuclear AccidentChernobyl Nuclear AccidentChornobylʹUkraiUkraine

Description

A startling history of the Chernobyl disaster by Svetlana Alexievich, the winner of the Nobel prize in literature 2015 On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers, residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans - crafting their voices into a haunting oral history of fear, anger and uncertainty, but also dark humour and love. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, Chernobyl Prayer shows what it is like to bear witness, and remember in a world that wants you to forget.

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