Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future (Russian Literature)

Writer

Svetlana Alexievich

Language

English

ISBN

9781628974997

Number of pages

300

Publisher

Dalkey Archive Press

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Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future (Russian Literature)
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In April 1986 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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