Chernobyl prayer : a chronicle of the future
Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948-2016
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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.
Main title:
Chernobyl prayer : a chronicle of the future / Svetlana Alexievich ; translated by Anna Gunin and Arch Tait.
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Imprint:
UK : Penguin Books, [2016]©2016
Collation:
vi, 293 pages ; 20 cm.
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Translated from the Russian.
Awards:
2015 Nobel Prize in Literature
ISBN:
9780241270530 (pbk. :)
Local class:
363.179909477
Language:
EnglishRussian
BRN:
1147756
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