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| ISBN: | 0312425848 (ISBN13: 9780312425845) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Голоса утопии #4 |
| Setting: | Prypiat(Ukraine) Chernobyl(Ukraine) Belarus …more Kiev Oblast(Ukraine) Moscow(Russian Federation) Chernobyl Exclusion Zone(Ukraine) …less |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2005), Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (1998) |
Svetlana Alexievich
Paperback | Pages: 236 pages Rating: 4.43 | 31106 Users | 4288 Reviews
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| Title | : | Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4) |
| Author | : | Svetlana Alexievich |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Anniversary Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 236 pages |
| Published | : | April 18th 2006 by Picador (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Cultural. Russia. Science |
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown—from innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster—and their stories reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty with which they still live. Composed of interviews in monologue form, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucially important work of immense force, unforgettable in its emotional power and honesty.Rating Out Of Books Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
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Extraordinary compendium of monologues detailing various effects of the Chernobyl disaster. Alexievich's skill at unearthing horrible, moving truths from her interviewees is notable. I'd suggest supplementing the book with some background reading on Chernobyl (wikipedia is fine), since the medium doesn't allow for a direct re-telling of what happened. The two wives' tales that bookend the narrative will stick with me for a long time."You feel how some completely unseen thing can enter and then destroy the whole world, can crawl into you." Dejecting and quintessential, Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster contains the harrowing accounts of lives lost and lived after the cataclysmic disaster that happened on April 26, 1986, near the city of Pripyat. The explosion created a seemingly bright crimson glow in the sky. Awestruck, residents nearby marvelled at its exhilarating beauty. "We didn't know that
The magic that Alexievitch produces is mainly full of loss, doubt, ambivalence, chaos. Not clear finger-pointing righteousness. It is an act of complete chagrin and yet inexplicable need to share. A shock that evil might manifest through everyman, an aparatchik, an ignorant neighbour. Evil = ignorance. Chernobyl stays unknown even for those who ruined their lives there. It is a terrifying stare down the abyss. The experience of apathy, insensibility in all its magnitude. It is unlike anything
I will never forget a documentary I saw about the nuclear disaster at the Chernobyl power plant in 1986. This documentary, The Battle of Chernobyl, directed by Thomas Johnson, provides a very good understanding of what happened at the time of the accident and afterwards. It contains rare original footage and interviews with people who were present, or involved in the handling of this catastrophe. It's available on demand on Vimeo and I highly recommend it, because I think it's a really good
Damn it. This book broke my heart. I mean Ive read all about it before, Ive watched things. BUT, it still breaks my heart all these people went through and the animals! Mel 🖤🐶🐺🐾
This book was really, really good and I might consider re-reading it. What's with us people that we love so much reading about disastrous things like that?
I was about 5 when Chernobyl happened, and my family lived near the Baltic Sea, not that far from the explosion zone, relatively speaking. I can't really remember what exactly I understood about what had happened. I remember our family friend's little niece came from Belarus to stay for the summer. I have strange knowledge of the dangers of radiation and mutations and acid rains and death by "belokroviye" (leukemia). I knew a lot of people with enlarged thyroids and I also somehow still know
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