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Svetlana Alexievich: Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future

On 26 April 1986, at 1.23am, a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come.
ISBN: 9780241270530
Author: Svetlana Alexievich
Page: 293
Binding: Soft cover
Publication date: 2016
Format: Book
Publisher: PENGUIN BOOKS
Language: English

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Price: 3 750 Ft

Stock: 1-10 copies

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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. A 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.

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