Chernobyl Prayer: A Chronicle of the Future

by Svetlana Alexievich

In 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,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1628974990
• ISBN13: 9781628974997
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 300 Pages