Voices from Chernobyl

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Светлана Алексиевич. Voices from Chernobyl

VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL

CONTENTS

TRANSLATOR’S PREFACE

HISTORICAL NOTE

PROLOGUE. A SOLITARY HUMAN VOICE

PART ONE. THE LAND OF THE DEAD. MONOLOGUE ON WHY WE REMEMBER

MONOLOGUE ABOUT WHAT CAN BE TALKED ABOUT WITH THE LIVING AND THE DEAD

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A WHOLE LIFE WRITTEN DOWN ON DOORS

MONOLOGUES BY THOSE WHO RETURNED

MONOLOGUE ABOUT WHAT RADIATION LOOKS LIKE

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A SONG WITHOUT WORDS

THREE MONOLOGUES ABOUT A HOMELAND

MONOLOGUE ABOUT HOW A PERSON IS ONLY CLEVER AND REFINED IN EVIL

SOLDIERS’ CHORUS

PART TWO. THE LAND OF THE LIVING. MONOLOGUE ABOUT OLD PROPHECIES

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A MOONLIT LANDSCAPE

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A MAN WHOSE TOOTH WAS HURTING WHEN HE SAW CHRIST FALL

THREE MONOLOGUES ABOUT A SINGLE BULLET

MONOLOGUE ABOUT HOW WE CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT CHEKHOV AND TOLSTOY

MONOLOGUE ABOUT WAR MOVIES

A SCREAM

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A NEW NATION

MONOLOGUE ABOUT WRITING CHERNOBYL

MONOLOGUE ABOUT LIES AND TRUTHS

PEOPLE’S CHORUS

PART THREE: AMAZED BY SADNESS. MONOLOGUE ABOUT WHAT WE DIDN’T KNOW: DEATH CAN BE SO BEAUTIFUL

MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE SHOVEL AND THE ATOM

MONOLOGUE ABOUT TAKING MEASUREMENTS

MONOLOGUE ABOUT HOW THE FRIGHTENING THINGS IN LIFE HAPPEN QUIETLY AND NATURALLY

MONOLOGUE ABOUT ANSWERS

MONOLOGUE ABOUT MEMORIES

MONOLOGUE ABOUT LOVING PHYSICS

MONOLOGUE ABOUT EXPENSIVE SALAMI

MONOLOGUE ABOUT FREEDOM AND THE DREAM OF AN ORDINARY DEATH

MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE SHADOW OF DEATH

MONOLOGUE ABOUT A DAMAGED CHILD

MONOLOGUE ABOUT POLITICAL STRATEGY

MONOLOGUE BY A DEFENDER OF THE SOVIET GOVERNMENT

MONOLOGUE ABOUT INSTRUCTIONS

MONOLOGUE ABOUT THE LIMITLESS POWER ONE PERSON CAN HAVE OVER ANOTHER

MONOLOGUE ABOUT WHY WE LOVE CHERNOBYL

CHILDREN’S CHORUS

A SOLITARY HUMAN VOICE

IN PLACE OF AN EPILOGUE

LANNAN SELECTIONS

SELECTED DALKEY ARCHIVE PAPERBACKS

SELECTED DALKEY ARCHIVE PAPERBACKS

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VOICES FROM CHERNOBYL

TRANSLATION AND PREFACE BY KEITH GESSEN

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“I told you I’d show you Moscow. And I told you I’d always give you flowers on holidays . . .”

I look over, and he’s getting three carnations from under his pillow. He gave the nurse money, and she bought them.

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