Stalking the atomic city : life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl / Markiyan Kamysh ; translated by Hanna Leliv and Reilly Costigan-Humes.
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TextLanguage: English Original language: Ukrainian Publisher: New York : Astra House, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Edition: First editionDescription: 139 pages : illustrations, map ; 19 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781662601279
- 1662601271
- Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chornobyl
- Life among the decadent and the depraved of Chernobyl
- Oformli︠a︡ndii︠a︡, abo Prohuli︠a︡nka v Zonu. English
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
"His is a voice that must be heard." --Patti Smith
"A poetic rush to madness. . . a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving."
--Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us and Countdown
"In the shadow of catastrophe, Markiyan Kamysh writes with all of youth's wayward lyricism, like a nuclear Kerouac." --Rob Doyle, author of Threshold
A rare portrait of the dystopian reality of Chornobyl, Ukraine, as it was before the Russian occupation of 2022.
Since the nuclear disaster in April 1986, Chornobyl remains a toxic, forbidden wasteland. As with all dangerous places, it attracts a wild assortment of adventurers who feel called to climb over the barbed wire illegally and witness the aftermath for themselves. Breaking the law here is a pilgrimage: a defiant, sacred experience.
In Stalking the Atomic City , Kamysh tells us about thieves who hide in the abandoned buildings, the policemen who chase them, and the romantic utopists who have built families here, even as deadly toxic waste lingers in the buildings, playgrounds, and streams. The book is complete with stunning photographs that may well be the last images to capture Chornobyl's desolate beauty since occupying Russian forces started to loot and destroy the site in March 2022.
An extraordinary guide to this alien world many of us will never see, Kamysh's singular prose that is both brash and bold, compared to Kerouac and gonzo journalists, captures the understated elegance and timeless significance of this dystopian reality.
"Originally published in Ukrainian as A Stroll in the Zone, Nora-Druk Publishers ©2015."
The downpour -- Hot, tan, and naked winter -- A New Year's Eve fairy tale -- Campari -- Polissya zen -- Hello zone! Farewell forever!
"Since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986, the area still remains a toxic, forbidden wasteland. But as with all dangerous places, it attracts a wild assortment of adventurers who climb over the barbed wire in the middle of the night to witness the aftermath of catastrophe in the flesh. Markiyan Kamysh, whose father worked as an on-site disaster liquidator of Chornobyl, works as a "stalker," guiding people who dare to venture illegally into the disaster area for thrills. By turns lyrical and confessional, Stalking the Atomic City unveils the state of the site today and the unusual communities that have found a home in the desolate place known as the Exclusion Zone. Kamysh tells us about criminals who hide in the abandoned buildings, the policemen who chase them, and romantic utopists who have built families here, even as deadly toxic waste lingers in the buildings, playgrounds, and streams. An extraordinary guide to this alien world, Kamysh has unique access and expertise as well as a deep personal connection to this dystopian reality. Complete with stunning photographs by the author, Stalking the Atomic City is a haunting account of what total autonomy could mean in our growingly fractured world"-- Provided by publisher.