By Svetlana Alexievich, the Nobel Prize Winner of 2015. On April 26, 1986, the worst nuclear reactor accident in history occurred in Chernobyl and contaminated as much as three quarters of Europe. Voices from Chernobyl is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. Journalist Svetlana Alexievich interviewed hundreds of people affected by the meltdown---from innocent citizens to firefighters to those called in to clean up the disaster---and their stories reveal the fear, anger, and uncertainty with which they still live. The first thing that strikes you when you read these interviews - the stories - is that they're all real. Chernobyl may be a horrible accident to the rest of the world, and - sadly - part of the popular culture, but for millions of people it was, and still is a part of their lives. A huge part. And with these interviews, Alexievich allows us to get a glimpse into these people's lives, and to understand how this di...