Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
This book is a haunting collection of personal accounts about the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl in 1986. The author has meticulously gathered and woven together interviews from survivors, including former workers of the plant, residents, and soldiers. Each narrative reveals the physical and psychological impact of the disaster on individual lives, creating a deeply moving oral history of an event that has had profound consequences on the people of Belarus and Ukraine.
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- Published
- 1997
- Nationality
- Belarusian
- Length
- Medium
- Pages
- 236-384
- Original Language
- Russian
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- Alternate Titles
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- Chernobyl Prayer
- Czarnobylska modlitwa
- La Supplication
- Preghiera per Chernobyl
- Voces de Chernóbil
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- National Book Critics Circle Award - Nonfiction (National Book Critics Circle)
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