Chernobyl Prayer - Voices from Chernobyl

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literaturebr>br>''Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. There''s a reason Ms. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize'' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series Chernobylbr>br>br>- A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised text -br>br>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. br>br>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.br>br>''Beautifully written. . . heart-breaking'' - Arundhati Roy, Elle br>br>''One of the most humane and terrifying books I''ve ever read'' - Helen Simpson, Observer>

Product details

• Authors: Svetlana Alexievich, Alexievich Svetla, Alexievich Svetlana, Svetlana Alexijevich, Swetlana Alexijewitsch, Anna Gunin, Arch Tait
• Assisted by: Anna Gunin (Translation), Gunin Anna (Translation), Arch Tait (Translation), Tait Arch (Translation)
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 21.04.2016
• EAN: 9780241270530
• ISBN: 978-0-241-27053-0
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 197 mm x 17 mm
• Series: Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Modern Classics; Penguin Classics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book; Postwar 20th century history, from c 1945 to c 2000, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism, Eastern Europe, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Disasters & Disaster Relief, HISTORY / Military / Nuclear Warfare, Reportage & collected journalism, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Nuclear weapons, Nuclear issues, Reportage, journalism or collected columns, The Cold War, Cold wars and proxy conflicts