BOOKS FROM UKRAINEVoices from Chernobyl
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Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
Reviews:
(6 months ago) |
22 Mar, 2025
What a beautiful book. The last chapter made me cry.
This book describes the Chernobyl nuclear accident from the perspective of those who lived through it, and the survivors of those who did not live. There is no complicated scientific explanations or sociopolitical theories. It is purely the human aspect and perspective.
I only have vague memories of seeing some news reports on TV about Chernobyl. I was 6 years old when it happened, and I lived on the other side of the world. At that time things that went on within the Soviet Union were almost as secret and mysterious as things are now with North Korea. I mostly remember the word “Chernobyl” on the lips of adults, but I didn’t understand any of it.
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