Voices from Chernobyl

First published in Russian as Tchernobylskaia Molitva by Editions Ostojie, 1997

Copyright © 1997 by Svetlana Alexievich

Translation © 2005 by Keith Gessen

First edition, 2005

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ISBN 1-56478-401-0

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Printed on permanent/durable acid-free paper and bound in Canada.