Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich #foliosociety She was an inspiration' Jackie

She was an inspiration' Jackie Kay

Publication: 28 Jun 2001

life and death

the barrio with three of the city’s best markets

Chernobyl Prayer: Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich #foliosociety She was an inspiration' JackieWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature '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, Observer A new translation of Voices from Chernobyl based on the revised version. In April 1986 a series of explosions shook the Chernobyl nuclear reactor. Flames lit up the sky and radiation escaped to contaminate the land