Be Specific About Books Toward Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
| ISBN: | 0312425848 (ISBN13: 9780312425845) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Голоса утопии #4 |
| Setting: | Prypiat(Ukraine) Chernobyl(Ukraine) Belarus …more Kiev Oblast(Ukraine) Moscow(Russian Federation) Chernobyl Exclusion Zone(Ukraine) …less |
| Literary Awards: | National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction (2005), Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (1998) |
Svetlana Alexievich
Paperback | Pages: 236 pages Rating: 4.43 | 31106 Users | 4288 Reviews
Define Containing Books Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
| Title | : | Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4) |
| Author | : | Svetlana Alexievich |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 236 pages |
| Published | : | April 18th 2006 by Picador (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Nonfiction. History. Cultural. Russia. Science |
Description In Pursuance Of Books Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureOn April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown—from innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster—and their stories reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty with which they still live. Composed of interviews in monologue form, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucially important work of immense force, unforgettable in its emotional power and honesty.
Rating Containing Books Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
Ratings: 4.43 From 31106 Users | 4288 ReviewsPiece Containing Books Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (Голоса утопии #4)
Today, April 26th, is the 26th 27th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe. In case you're wondering - no, Google did NOT feature it on its home page (same as last year, sadly). But shouldn't humanity remember this disaster?****This is one of the most horrifying books I have ever read. It reads like a postapocalyptic story, except for all of it is horrifyingly real. Svetlana Alexievich, a journalist, provides real but almost surreal in their horror oral accounts of Chernobyl disaster. On AprilThe magic that Alexievitch produces is mainly full of loss, doubt, ambivalence, chaos. Not clear finger-pointing righteousness. It is an act of complete chagrin and yet inexplicable need to share. A shock that evil might manifest through everyman, an aparatchik, an ignorant neighbour. Evil = ignorance. Chernobyl stays unknown even for those who ruined their lives there. It is a terrifying stare down the abyss. The experience of apathy, insensibility in all its magnitude. It is unlike anything
This is a moving, often harrowing, oral history of the disaster at Chernobyl in 1986. It begins with the story of the young, pregnant wife of one of the first fire fighters, who responded to the fire at Reactor 4 of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and of his slow, untimely death. This is hard to read, but also extremely humbling. The author allows the words of those who lived, and many who still live, in the affected areas to tell their own story. It is a catalogue of trauma of lives which
I had no idea. But now I know something more.What can I say about your book, Svetlana? Not much, to be honest. My mind is processing it slowly, thinking about the format and methodology you used, wondering if what you have done is good enough to warrant having won the Nobel while, at the same time, marveling at the power of your work. You see, I had no idea of the greater impacts of the Chernobyl incident on the lives of the people who were misled and abused by the state. I had no means of
The magic that Alexievitch produces is mainly full of loss, doubt, ambivalence, chaos. Not clear finger-pointing righteousness. It is an act of complete chagrin and yet inexplicable need to share. A shock that evil might manifest through everyman, an aparatchik, an ignorant neighbour. Evil = ignorance. Chernobyl stays unknown even for those who ruined their lives there. It is a terrifying stare down the abyss. The experience of apathy, insensibility in all its magnitude. It is unlike anything
The first interview is with the widow of one of the firemen who were sent in on the first day. He'd been shoveling radioactive sludge dressed in only jeans and a t-shirt, his skin turned grey over an afternoon, he literally fell apart within days. She caught cancer from sitting at his bedside as he died.The second interview is with a psychologist who lived through World War II in the Ukraine and still can't find anything that compares to working in the Zone.The third is with one of the old women
0 Comments