Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster

The Resource Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster
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Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster
Title remainder
the oral history of a nuclear disaster
Statement of responsibility
Svetlana Alexievich ; translation and preface by Keith Gessen
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  • eng
  • rus
  • eng
Summary
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
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Awards note
National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for General Nonfiction, 2005.
Biography type
contains biographical information
Cataloging source
FVC
Dewey number
363.17/99/094776
Index
no index present
Language note
Translation of: Tchernobylskaia molitva
LC call number
TD186.5.B35
LC item number
A4413 2006
Literary form
non fiction
Target audience
juvenile

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