Name: Voices From Chernobyl (Lannan Selection) (in English)
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Author: Svetlana Alexievich
ISBN: 9781628973303

portada Voices From Chernobyl (Lannan Selection) (in English)

Type

Physical Book

Author

Svetlana Alexievich

Publisher

Dalkey Archive Press

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

240

Format

Paperback

ISBN13

9781628973303

Synopsis "Voices From Chernobyl (Lannan Selection) (in English)"

Winner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardWinner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureA 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."

Svetlana Alexievich

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(Ivano-Frankivsk, Ucrania, 1948) es una prestigiosa periodista y escritora bielorrusa cuya obra ofrece un retrato profundamente crítico de la antigua Unión Soviética y de las secuelas que ha dejado en sus habitantes. Su espíritu crítico, su profundo compromiso con los que sufren y su fructífera carrera literaria han sido reconocidos con innumerables galardones, entre los que cabe destacar el premio Nobel de Literatura (2015), el Premio Ryszard-Kapuscinski de Polonia (1996), el Premio Herder de Austria (1999), el Premio Nacional del Círculo de Críticos de Estados Unidos (2006), el Premio Médicis de Ensayo en Francia (2013) y el Premio de la Paz de los libreros alemanes (2013). Es oficial de la orden de las Artes y las Letras de la República Francesa y doctora honoris causa por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid.

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