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Voices from Chernobyl / by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-author.; Gessen, Keith,translator.;
Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. A journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. The Emmy-nominated HBO Miniseries, Chernobyl, is based in large part on the personal recollections from Voices from Chernobyl. 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. The Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobyl, Ukraine, 1986.; Nuclear power plants; Environmental disasters.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A Dead Man's Memoir. by Bulgakov, Mikhail,1891-1940.(CARDINAL)724064; Broomfield, Andrew(Translator); Gessen, Keith, (INT);
Subjects: Fiction.; Authors, Russian; Theater;
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There once lived a woman who tried to kill her neighbor's baby : scary fairy tales / by Petrushevskai͡a, Li͡udmila.(CARDINAL)341352; Gessen, Keith.(CARDINAL)276075; Summers, Anna.(CARDINAL)497551;
The arm -- Revenge -- Incident at Sokolniki -- A mother's farewell -- Hygiene -- A new soul -- The new Robinson Crusoes : a chronicle of the end of the twentieth century -- The miracle -- The god Poseidon -- My love -- The fountain house -- The shadow life -- Two kingdoms -- There's someone in the house -- The father -- The cabbage-patch mother -- Marilena's secret -- The old monk's testament -- The black coat.Masterworks of economy and acuity, these brief, trenchant tales by Russian author and playwright Petrushevskaya, selected from her wide-ranging but little translated oeuvre over the past 30 years, offer an enticement to English readers to seek out more of her writing. The tales explore the inexplicable workings of fate, the supernatural, grief and madness, and range from adroit, straightforward narratives to bleak fantasy. Frequently on display are the decrepit values of the Soviet system, as in The New Family Robinson, where a family tries to outsmart everyone by relocating to a ramshackle cabin in the country. Domestic problems get powerful and tender treatment; in My Love, a long-suffering wife and mother triumphs over her husband's desire for another woman. Darker material dominates the last section of the book, with tortuous stories, heavy symbolism and outright weirdness leading to strange and unexpected places. Petrushevskaya's bold, no-nonsense portrayals find fresh, arresting expression in this excellent translation.
Subjects: Petrushevskai͡a, Li͡udmila; Petrushevskai͡a, Li͡udmila; Short stories, Russian.; Fairy tales;
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Voices from Chernobyl / by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-(CARDINAL)276045; Gessen, Keith.(CARDINAL)276075;
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986;
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Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-(CARDINAL)276045; Gessen, Keith.(CARDINAL)276075;
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986;
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Voices from Chernobyl : the oral history of a nuclear disaster / by Aleksievich, Svetlana,1948-(CARDINAL)276045; Gessen, Keith.(CARDINAL)276075;
Translator's preface -- Historical note -- Prologue. A solitary human voice -- Part one. The land of the dead -- 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 instructions -- About the facts -- About why we love Chernobyl -- Children's chorus -- A solitary human voice -- In place of an epilogue.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.National Book Critics Circle Award Winner for General Nonfiction, 2005.
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Russian literature;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 7
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