CHERNOBYL PRAYER

By Svetlana Alexievich

Synopsis

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, but also dark humour and love.

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Narrator Andrew Byron
Length 13hrs 18mins
Catalogue No. 18728
Publisher Penguin Classics; 2021