Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureDesperately important and impossible to put down. It is timeless. . . what shines clear from the testimonies is love love which can make you do the most spectacular things Sheena Patel, Observer A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised version In April 1986 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. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors cleanup 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.Beautifully written. . . heartbreaking Arundhati Roy, Elle One of the most humane and terrifying books Ive ever read Helen Simpson, Observer

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