Voices from Chernobyl

Posted on 19 May 2017 by Svetlana Alexievich

Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureOn 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 Composed of interviews in monologue form, Voices from Chernobyl is a crucially important work, unforgettable in its emotional power and honesty. Best Download [ Voices from Chernobyl ] By [ Svetlana Alexievich ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Today, April 26th, is the 26th 27th anniversary of Chernobyl catastrophe In case you re wondering no, Google did NOT feature it on its home page same as last year, sadly But shouldn t humanity remember this disaster This is one of the most horrifying books I have ever read It reads like a postapocalyptic story, except for all of it is horrifyingly real Svetlana Alexievich, a journalist, provides real but almost surreal in thei...The Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich spent three years interviewing people who had been involved in Chernobyl villagers from the surrounding area, liquidators members of the cleanup squad , widows and children, nuclear scientists, politicians, even people who, incredibly, had moved to Chernobyl after the accident She presents their words almost without comment Sometimes she adds aLaughssometimesStopssometimesStarts cryingsometimesBreaks down completelyI am not The Belarusian journalist Svetlana Alexievich spent three years interviewing people who had been involved in Chernobyl villagers from the surrounding area, liquidators members of the cleanup squad , widows and children, nuclear scientists, politicians, even people who, incredibly, had moved to Chernobyl after the accident She presents their words almost without comment Sometimes she adds aLaughssometimesStopssometimesStarts cryingsometimesBreaks down completelyI am not sure I have ever read anything quite as horrifying It...I was about 5 when Chernobyl happened, and my family lived near the Baltic Sea, not that far from the explosion zone, relatively speaking I can t really remember what exactly I understood about what had happened I remember our family friend s little niece came from Belorus to stay for the summer I have strange knowledge of the dangers of radiation and mutations and acid rains and death by belokroviye leukemia I knew a lot of people with enlarged thyroids and I also somehow still know tha I was about 5 when Chernobyl happened, and my family lived near the Baltic Sea, not that far from the explosion zone, relatively speaking I can t really remember what exactly I understood about what had happened I remember our family friend s little niece came from Belorus to stay for the summer I have strange knowledge of the dangers of radiation and mutations and acid rains and death by belokroviye leukemia I knew a lot of people with enlarged thyroids and I also somehow still know that I need iodine not to get sick Strange things I have in my subconscious Sometimes I wonder what I learned from life and what from Roadside Pi...Sometime in the future, we will understand Chernobyl as a philosophy Two states divided by barbed wire one, the zone itself the other, everywhere else People have hung white towels on the rotting stakes around the zone, as if they were crucifixes It s a custom here People go there as if to a graveyard A post technological world Time has gone backwards What is buried there is not only their home but a whole epoch An epoch of faith In science In an ideal of social justice A great emp Sometime in the future, we will understand Chernobyl as a philosophy Two states divided by barbed wire one, the zone itself the other, everywhere else People have hung white towels on the rotting stakes around the zone, as if they were crucifixes It s a custom here People go there as if to a graveyard A post technological world Time has gone backwards What is buried there is not only their home but a whole epoch An epoch of faith In science In an ideal of social justice A great empire came apart at the seems, collapsed First Afghanistan, then Chernobyl When the empire disintegrated, we were on our own I hesitate to say it, butwe love Chernobyl We have come to love it It is the meaning of our lives, which we have found again, the meaning of our suffering.Like the war The world heard about us Belarusians after Chernobyl It was our introduction to Europe Chairwoman, Woman s committee...Ne yazaca m bilmiyorum Nerden ba lamam gerekti ini mi, bu kitab n 10 zerinde 10 mu yoksa 5 zerinde 2,5 mu oldu unda m , okumak i in neririr miyim A kcas ne diyece imi bilmiyorum nsanlar n sistemler i inde bir neslin yok olu trajedisini ben nas l yorumlayabilirim ki Bu insanlar n korkular ve hayallerinin kaybolu unu mu topra n topra a g m lmesini mi, yoksa do an n bu s re te nas l hala ok g zel olup zehirli bir ya am sa t m Ne s yleyebilirim ki ernobil Duas Gelece in Ta Ne yazaca m bilmiyorum Nerden ba lamam gerekti ini mi, bu kitab n 10 zerinde 10 mu yoksa 5 zerinde 2,5 mu oldu unda m , okumak i in neririr miyim A kcas ne diyece imi bilmiyorum nsanlar n sistemler i inde bir neslin yok olu trajedisini ben nas l yorumlayabilirim ki Bu insanlar n korkular ve hayallerinin kaybolu unu mu topra n topra a g m lmesini mi, yoksa do an n bu s re te nas l hala ok g zel olup zehirli bir ya am sa t m Ne s yleyebilirim ki ernobil Duas Gelece in Tarihi, bize ernobil Sonras ya am polifonik olarak canl tan klardan, bilimadamlar ndan, ocuklardan, siyasetcile... There was an emphasis on our being heroes Once a week someone who was digging really well would receive a certificate of merit before all the other men The Soviet Union s best grave digger It was crazy. One of the poets says somewhere that animals are a different people I killed them by the ten, by the hundred, thousand, not even knowing what they were called I destroyed their houses, their secrets And buried them Buried them. These people don t exist any , just the documents in our mus There was an emphasis on our being heroes Once a week someone who was digging really well would receive a certificate of merit before all the other men The Soviet Union s best grave digger It was crazy. One of the poets says somewhere that animals are a different people I killed them by the ten, by the hundred, thousand, not even knowing what they were called I destroyed their houses, their secrets And buried them Buried them. These people don t exist any , just the documents in our museum, with their names. When they all died, they refurbished the hospital They scraped down the walls and dug up the parquet When ...Flotando esta rese a porque ayer se cumplieron 30 a os de la tragedia de Chern bil y me gustar a hacer un sutil recordatorio de que si a n no has le do este libro, vale la pena hacerloChern bil para ellos no era una met fora ni un s mbolo, era su casaHagamos un experimento Preg ntale a alguien, a cualquieraCu l crees que es la peor tragedia que ha tenido que soportar la humanidadProbablemente algunos mencionar n a Hitler, otros tal vez hablen de Hiroshima y Nagasaki, incluso a...Very touching voices, chronicling the Chernobyl experience and comparing life before and after the moment that changed everything Svetlana Alexievich captures the suffering of ordinary people of all walks of life, as well as that of professional staff sent to Chernobyl to deal with the crisis immediately after it happened She creates a social p...400400 1000 A few years ago, I left a copy of Maus I A Survivor s Tale My Father Bleeds History out on the table It was designed as a sort of breadcrumb trail for my teenaged son who didn t need to read since he already knew everything I hoped he might be sucked in by the pictures A week later my son walked out of his bedroom clutching the book Have you read this he was nearly yelling with urgency This guy I can t believe shit I m telling my English teacher that he needs to make everyone in the A few years ago, I left a copy of Maus I A Survivor s Tale My Father Bleeds History out on the table It was designed as a sort of breadcrumb trail for my teenaged son who didn t need to read since he already knew everything I hoped he might be sucked in by the pictures A week later my son walked out of his bedroom clutching the book Have you read this he was nearly yelling with urgency This guy I can t believe shit I m telling my English teacher that he needs to make everyone in the class read this book The Chernobyl nuclear disaster needs its Maus if only because so many young people in America have never even heard of it I actually asked a bunch There s been documentaries, novels, nonfiction accounts, and even a horror movie, but none carry the gravitas of a really important historical retelling Luckily Voices from Chernobyl comes very close The author is a journalist from Belarus who won the Nobel Prize in 2015 For this accou...

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19 May 2017

Svetlana Alexievich