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Chernobyl Prayer by Svetlana Alexievich
May. 10th, 2020 11:53 pmThe Blurb On The Back:
”It may be poisoned with radiation, but this is my home … Even a bird loves its nest.”
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Svetlana Alexievich is a Nobel Prize winning writer who uses interviews and testimony to chart Russia’s emotional history by reference to critical events. Written in 1997 and revised in 2013, this intensely moving book (translated by Ana Gunin and Arch Tait) sees Alexievich return to her native Belarus to collect testimony from those affected by the Chernobyl disaster (both in the immediate and long-term aftermath) as they struggle to make sense of it.
”It may be poisoned with radiation, but this is my home … Even a bird loves its nest.”
( The Review (Cut For Spoilers): )
The Verdict:
Svetlana Alexievich is a Nobel Prize winning writer who uses interviews and testimony to chart Russia’s emotional history by reference to critical events. Written in 1997 and revised in 2013, this intensely moving book (translated by Ana Gunin and Arch Tait) sees Alexievich return to her native Belarus to collect testimony from those affected by the Chernobyl disaster (both in the immediate and long-term aftermath) as they struggle to make sense of it.
