Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award
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 Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."
Publisher: Ingram Publisher Services
Original Binding: Hardcover Paper over boards
Pages: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 1564784010
Item Weight: 1.0 lbs
Dimensions: 6.0 x 1.0 x 9.0 inches
Customer Reviews: 4 out of 5 stars 50,001 + ratings
"A chorus of fatalism, stoic bravery, and black, black humor is sounded in this haunting oral history . . . The result is an endelible X-ray of the Russian soul." –Publishers Weekly
Svetlana Alexievich was born in the Ukraine and studied journalism at the University of Minsk. She has received numerous awards for her writing, including a prize from the Swedish PEN Institute for "courage and dignity as a writer." She won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2015.
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