{"product_id":"chernobyl-prayer-svetlana-alexijevich","title":"Chernobyl Prayer (Svetlana Alexijevich)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Desperately important and impossible to put down. It is timeless. . . what shines clear from the testimonies is love - love which can make you do the most spectacular things ' Sheena Patel, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'- A new translation of \u003ci\u003eVoices\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003efrom Chernobyl\u003c\/i\u003e based on the revised version -\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land and poison the people for years to come. While officials tried to hush up the accident, Svetlana Alexievich spent years collecting testimonies from survivors - clean-up workers, residents, firefighters, resettlers, widows, orphans - crafting their voices into a haunting oral history of fear, anger and uncertainty, but also dark humour and love. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA chronicle of the past and a warning for our nuclear future, \u003ci\u003eChernobyl Prayer\u003c\/i\u003e shows what it is like to bear witness, and remember in a world that wants you to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Beautifully written. . . heart-breaking' - Arundhati Roy, \u003ci\u003eElle\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'One of the most humane and terrifying books I've ever read' - Helen Simpson, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eSvetlana Alexievich\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Ivano-Frankivsk in 1948 and has spent most of her life in the Soviet Union and present-day Belarus, with prolonged periods of exile in Western Europe. Starting out as a journalist, she developed her own, distinctive non-fiction genre which brings together a chorus of voices to describe a specific historical moment. Her works include \u003ci\u003eThe Unwomanly Face of War \u003c\/i\u003e(1985)\u003ci\u003e, Last Witnesses \u003c\/i\u003e(1985), \u003ci\u003eBoys in Zinc \u003c\/i\u003e(1991), \u003ci\u003eChernobyl Prayer \u003c\/i\u003e(1997) and \u003ci\u003eSecond-Hand Time \u003c\/i\u003e(2013). She has won many international awards, including the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature for 'her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time'.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format paperback, Englisch, 304 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66123680022877,"sku":"K056307858","price":11.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5630785800001A.jpg?v=1791184106","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/chernobyl-prayer-svetlana-alexijevich","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}