Children's & young adult: general non-fiction
Reactors Do Not Explode. A Brief History of the Chornobyl Disaster
by Kateryna Mikhalitsyna, Stanislav Dvornytskyi
Description
Chornobyl is not only a city or a nuclear power plant but also an Exclusion Zone, a tragedy and a symbol. This book aims to explain the tragic events to people who were born after it happened, so that “Chornobyl” is not only a word by which Ukraine is recognized but also a historical experience worth acknowledging. The event is shown in the book through several dimensions: technical, emotional, natural, and political. The authors are using both verbal and visual communication to tell the story of a large-scale tragedy in a simple way, yet still able to provoke emotions. The book brings up the topics of responsibility and the cost of human life; “the right to know”; heroics; totalitarian regimes; ecology.
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Author Biography
Kateryna is a Ukrainian writer, translator, literary editor, columnist, and a member of PEN Ukraine. Award winning author of more than 20 books for children. Her picture book “Who grows in the park” illustrated by Oksana Bula has been listed in The White Raven Catalogue-2016, and the “Who grows” series has been published in 8 countries already. A non-fiction book “Reactors Do not Explode. A Brief History of Chornobyl Disaster” written together with Stanislav Dvornytsky has been listed in The White Raven Catalogue-2021. Kateryna lives in Lviv with her partner, three children and an adopted dog. Stanislav, born in Uzhhorod, studied micro- and nanoelectronics at Lviv Polytechnic. Currently living in the Czech Republic. Studies applied nanotechnologies and political philosophy, works as a translator, literary editor and tutor. The book has already received several prestigious Ukrainian and international awards. It won Best Book Design Award from the Book Arsenal in the category “Children’s Book” (design of the studio Seri/graph) and Best Book Award 2020 from BookForum in the category “Literature for teenagers and young adults”. The book is on PEN Ukraine’s list of best books published in Ukraine in 2020. Shortlisted for the Ukrainian award "Book of the Year" 2020
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Bibliographic Information
- Publisher Portal Publishing House
- Publication Date 2020
- Orginal LanguageUkrainian
- ISBN/Identifier 9786177925179
- Publication Country or regionUkraine
- Pages104
- ReadershipChildren
- Publish StatusPublished
- Original Language TitleРеактори не вибухають. Коротка історія Чорнобильської катастрофи
- Original Language AuthorsМіхаліцина Катерина, Дворницький Станіслав
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