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Voices from Chernobyl, April 2006
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VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL
By: Svetlana Alexievich

The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster

Picador
April 2006
256 pages
ISBN: 0312425848
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Non-Fiction Memoir

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award

On 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. Comprised of interviews in monologue form, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucially important work, unforgettable in its emotional power and honesty.

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