Chernobyl Prayer - Svetlana Aleksijevitsj Irene van de Mheen 'Naturally

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At the softly lapping shores of the river - where the faithful come to bathe during their final moments - self-knowledge is sought and memories put to rest

en de dochter zich haar vroegste moedertaal herinnert

regenachtige avond in Dublin wordt er aangeklopt bij Eilish Stack

Chernobyl Prayer - Svetlana Aleksijevitsj Irene van de Mheen 'NaturallyIn 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,