![]() Svetlana Alexievich was born in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. 'One of the most humane and terrifying books I've ever read' - Helen Simpson, Observer Svetlana Alexievich (Author) ![]() While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers, residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans - crafting their voices into a haunting oral history of fear, anger and uncertainty, but also dark humour and love.Ī chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, Chernobyl Prayer shows what it is like to bear witness, and remember in a world that wants you to forget. ![]() Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised text. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series Chernobyl 'Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. A chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, this book shows what it is like to remember in a world that wants you to forget. ![]() ![]() While officials tried to hush up the accident, the author spent years collecting testimonies from survivors. On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. ![]()
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