Voices from Chernobyl
The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
by Светлана Алексиевич
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On April 25, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl. Until now, all of the books published in English focused on the facts, names, and data. Voices from Chernobyl presents first-hand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived through. In order to give a voice to their experiences, Svetlana Alexievich--a journalist by trade--interviewed hundreds of people who had been affected by the meltdown. From innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucial document of what happened and how people reacted to it. Alexievich presents these interviews in monologue form, giving readers a harrowing inside view into the minds of the affected people untempered by government spin, accusations, or judgements, leaving the reader with just the life-shattering pain of living through such an event and its aftermath.
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Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future
2016, Penguin Books
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in English
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Чернобыльская молитва: хроника будущего
2016, Vremi͡a
in Russian
- 3-e izdanie, stereotip
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車諾比的悲鳴: Voices from Chernobyl
2011, 泰電電業股份有限公司
hardcover
in Chinese
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
2006, Picador
Paperback
in English
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Чернобыльская молитва: хроника будущего
2006, Время
hardcover
in Russian
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
2005, Dalkey Archive
paperback
in English
- 1st [American] ed
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"First published in Russian as Tchernoblyskaia Molitva. [Moscow] : Editions Ostojie, 1997. Copyright 1997 by Svetlana Alexievich; translation c2005 by Keith Gessen."--T.p. verso.
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Consecuencias sobre las personas que les tocó vivir una nueva realidad que todavía existe pero que aún no se ha comprendido. Aquellos que sufrieron Chernóbil son los supervivientes de una Tercera Guerra Mundial nuclear. Según Alexievich, en este mundo hostil ?todo parece completamente normal, el mal se esconde bajo una nueva máscara, y uno no es capaz de verlo, oírlo, tocarlo, ni olerlo. Cualquier cosa puede matarte... el agua, la tierra, una manzana, la lluvia. Nuestro diccionario está obsoleto. Todavía no existen palabras, ni sentimientos, para describir esto?.
Voces de Chernóbil recibió en marzo de 2006 el premio del Círculo de Críticos de Estados Unidos en reconocimiento a la fuerza narrativa de Alexievich y a la importancia de las historias que cuenta. Esta edición en castellano incluye además testimonios inéditos hasta la fecha, incorporados por la autora a la que es la última versión de la obra elaborada por ella con motivo del XX aniversario de la catástrofe
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