Svetlana Alexievich

Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster (2006)

Sadness. Depression. Despair. Anguish. Heart-breaking, gut-wrenching. Downtrodden. The limitless list of disparaging adjectives is mind-numbing in reading this otherwise brilliant piece by Belorussian journalist Svetlana Aleksievich. Up until last year, Chernobyl was the worst accident at a nucle...