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Recommended historical books (3)
Travel the world without leaving your chair. If you are into historical here are some historical books from Ukraine for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.

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Voces de Chernobil / Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexievich ES

Rating: 5 (2 votes)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Chernóbil, 1986. "Cierra las ventanillas y acuéstate. Hay un incendio en la central. Vendré pronto." Esto fue lo último que un joven bombero dijo a su esposa antes de acudir al lugar de la explosión. No regresó. Y en cierto modo, ya no volvió a verle, pues en el hospital su marido dejó de ser su marido. Todavía hoy ella se pregunta si su historia trata sobre el amor o la muerte. Voces de Chernóbil está planteado como si fuera una tragedia griega, con coros y unos héroes marcados por un destino fatal, cuyas voces fueron silenciadas durante muchos años por una polis representada aquí por la anti... continue

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Voices from Chernobyl by Svetlana Alexiévich EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Winner of the Nobel Prize in LiteratureWinner of the National Book Critics Circle AwardA journalist by trade, who now suffers from an immune deficiency developed while researching this book, presents personal accounts of what happened to the people of Belarus after the nuclear reactor accident in 1986, and the fear, anger, and uncertainty that they still live with. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2015 was awarded to Svetlana Alexievich "for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time."

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Zinky Boys : Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Aleksievich EN

Rating: 5 (1 vote)
Country: Europe / Ukraine flag Ukraine
Description:
Winner of the Nobel Prize: "For her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time." --Swedish Academy, Nobel Prize citation