Voices from Chernobyl

Synopsis

An account of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history from the 2015 winner of the nobel prize in literature on april 26, 1986, the chernobyl nuclear reactor accident 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.