Voices from Chernobyl

Voices from Chernobyl

by Aleksievich, Svetlana

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Voices From Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of what happened on April 26, 1986, when the worst nuclear reactor accident in history contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book--interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown. Their narratives form a crucial document revealing how the government masked the event with deception and denial. Harrowi…

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  • Full title :Voices from Chernobyl.

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Voices From Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of what happened on April 26, 1986, when the worst nuclear reactor accident in history contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book--interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown. Their narratives form a crucial document revealing how the government masked the event with deception and denial. Harrowing and unforgettable, Voices From Chernobyl bears witness to a tragedy and its aftermath in a book that is as unforgettable as it is essential.

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2005.

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Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:1564784010, 9781564784018
  • oclc:ocn156491439
  • LC Classification:TK
  • Dewey Decimal:363.179909477

Table of Contents

Historical note -- Prologue: A solitary human voice -- Part I: The land of the dead. On why we remember ; About what can be talked about with the living and the dead ; About a whole life written down on doors ; By those who returned ; About what radiation looks like ; About a song without words ; About a homeland ; About how a person is only clever and refined in evil ; Soldiers' chorus -- Part II: The land of the living. About old prophecies ; About a moonlit landscape ; About a man whose tooth was hurting when he saw Christ fall ; About a single bullet ; About how we can't live without Chekhov and Tolstoy ; About war movies ; A scream ; About a new nation ; About writing Chernobyl ; About lies and truths ; People's chorus -- Part III: Amazed by sadness. About what we didn't know: death can be so beautiful ; About the shovel and the atom ; About taking measurements ; About how the frightening things in life happen quietly and naturally ; About answers ; About memories ; About loving physics ; About expensive salami ; About freedom and the dream of an ordinary death ; About the shadow of death ; About a damaged child ; About political strategy ; By a defender of the Soviet governm…

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Subjects

Accident nucléaire de Tchernobyl, Tcher… Accident nucléaire de Tchernobyl, Tcher… Autobiographies Autobiography Belarus Belarusians Belarusians -- Health and hygiene Belarusians -- Interviews Biélorusses -- Entretiens Biélorusses -- Santé et hygiène Chernobyl Nuclear Accident Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ,… Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ,… Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ,… History, 20th Century Interview interviews Mal des rayons Médecine -- Histoire -- 20e siècle Personal Narrative

Writers

Aleksievich, Svetlana

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