Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich
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.
The 4934th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1997
- Nationality
- Belarusian
- Type
- Nonfiction
- Pages
- 236-384
- Words
- Unknown
- Original Language
- Russian
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This book is on the following lists:
- 7th on A Premature Attempt at the 21st Century Canon (Vulture)
- National Book Critics Circle Award - Nonfiction (National Book Critics Circle)