![]() 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.Ī 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. ![]() Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. « previous 1 2 next » sort by « previous 1 2 next » Note: these are all the books on Goodreads for this author. ![]() In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. shelved 370,197 times Showing 30 distinct works.A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised text - One of the most beautiful and devastating books I’ve ever read, Chernobyl Prayer relates the story of the 1986 nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine from the point of view of those most closely involved. UMGC Europe Professor Jessica Stock invites you to join the UMGC. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series Chernobyl UMGC Europe Book Club Discussion: Svetlana Alexievich's Chernobyl Prayer. 'Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. ![]()
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