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È stato per me impossibile leggere questo libro tutto di seguito, il dolore e lo sgomento erano veramente troppo forti. Un popolo devastato da radiazioni e bugie quello che viveva intorno a Chernobyl, i pochi che avanzano tirano avanti con medaglie in ricordo dei loro morti e lo strazio per i loro bambini mai nati o non sopravvissuti. Una serie di storie che lasciano il segno e che ci fanno sperare che non succeda mai piú, eppure é risuccesso, da poco, a Fukujima, e anche lí tutti a dire che non
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This was a difficult book to read, and an even more difficult one to review. I'll admit I went in without much knowledge of the Chernobyl disaster, but this book was quite the eye-opener.
The interviews contained in this book are so raw and emotional, but also poetic and beautiful in their own way. Reading widows describing the horrible ways their husbands died; mothers describing their disfigured, sick children; men reliving the terrible conditions they were forced to work in for the "good" of ...more
The interviews contained in this book are so raw and emotional, but also poetic and beautiful in their own way. Reading widows describing the horrible ways their husbands died; mothers describing their disfigured, sick children; men reliving the terrible conditions they were forced to work in for the "good" of ...more
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