Voices from Chernobyl
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Average rating4.5
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Ratings12
Average rating4.5
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.
Series
5 primary booksVoices of Utopia is a 5-book series with 5 primary works first released in 1983 with contributions by Svetlana Alexievich, Richard Pevear, and 6 others.
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I read this some time ago and for some reason didn't have it marked on goodreads. It is excellent. It's second hand survivor accounts of Chernobyl.
Short and Sweet: Voices from Chernobyl is a poignant novel that utilizes a unique storytelling structure to convey the heartbreaking reality of the explosion???s aftermath. An absolute must-read for any interested in the human element of this tragedy.It is??? difficult to review [b:Voices from Chernobyl 357486 Voices from Chernobyl The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster Svetlana Alexievich https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1316637138s/357486.jpg 1103107]. Almost as difficult as reading it was. At first, when you open the novel, you are greeted with the raw... read more
Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people following the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident. The government hushed up much of the results of the accident, but we now know that over 485 villages were lost and about 2.1 million people live on contaminated land. Thousands have died and thousands have been born with debilitating birth defects. This is a book of voices, of people speaking up, telling what really happened.
