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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
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Start date
June 1, 2016
Finish date
August 31, 2016

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GONZA
Oct 26, 2015 rated it it was amazing  ·  review of another edition
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 ...more
Sam
Dec 28, 2015 rated it really liked it
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
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