Voices from Chernobyl
The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
by Svetlana Alexievich
Recommended by Caterina Fake and Sergei Guriev
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Nonfiction.
On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred at the Chernobyl complex in Pripyat. Englishlanguage reportage on the incident has, so far, focused on facts, names, and data; Voices from Chernobyl presents firsthand accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they lived th...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, History, and Nonfiction.
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Caterina Fake
“Chairing the @Pushkin_House book prize jury has been just great! The tragic part of this job was that we could only select 1 winner. But we did choose an excellent book and we actually made the choice before the #ChernobylHBO series by @clmazin ! | I was really taken with Voices From Chernobyl. Unbelievable.”
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