Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster by Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948-, Gessen, Keith instant download

Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster by Aleksievich, Svetlana, 1948-, Gessen, Keith instant download

xiii, 236 p. ; 21 cm, 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, Translation of: Tchernobylskaia molitva, English translation originally published: Normal, Ill. : Dalkey Archive, 2005, Translator's preface -- Historical note -- Prologue. A solitary human voice -- Part one. The land of the dead. Onwhy we remember ; About what can be talked about with the living and the dead ; About a whole life written down on doors ; Soldiers' chorus ; About what radiation looks like ; About a song without words ; About a homeland ; About repentance ; By those who returned -- Part two. The land of the living. About old prophecies ; About a moonlit landscape ; About a man whose tooth was hurting when he saw Christ fall ; About a single bullet ; About how we can't live without Chekhov and Tolstoy ; About war movies ; A scream ; About a new nation ; About writing Chernobyl ; About lies and truths ; People's chorus -- Part three. Amazed by sadness. About what we didn't know : death can be so beautiful -- About the shovel and the atom ; About taking measurements ; About how the frightening things in life happen quietly and naturally ; About answers ; About memories ; About loving physics ; About expensive salami ; About freedom and the dream of an ordinary death ; About the shadow of death ; About a damaged child ; About political strategy ; By a defender of the Soviet government ; About…