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Cargando... The Sky Unwashedpor Irene Zabytko
   Ninguno Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro.   ) Jeannine504 | Jan 23, 2016 |   ) CarmenMilligan | Jan 18, 2016 |  ) creighley | Aug 17, 2013 | ) ImperfectCJ | Dec 31, 2012 | The book is narrated by Marusia, an elderly woman who lived in a small village near Chernobyl. Her son and daughter-in-law live with her, and work at the plant. One Saturday night the villagers hear what sounds like an explosion. Marusia's son and other workers fail to return from their overnight shifts. After a period of confusion and misinformation, the villagers are evacuated for what they are told will be "a few days." The few days turns into a few years, during which Marusia is shifted from place to place, with little to eat and no compensation. She then decides to return to her village home, even though it is in the "forbidden" zone. The heart of the book is Marusia's life in the deserted village, at first alone, but then with several other "babushkas" who gradually return to their homes--because they have no other place to go. This book is humorous, despite the deadly subject, and is poignant. The characters come alive. I highly recommend this book. (  )2  arubabookwoman | Mar 14, 2011 | sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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HTML: Early on an April Saturday in 1986 in a farm village in Ukraine, widow Marusia Petrenko and her family awake to a day of traditional wedding preparations. Marusia bakes her famous wedding breadâ??a korovaiâ??in the communal village oven to take to her neighbor's granddaughter's reception. Late that night, after all the dancing and drinking, Marusia's son Yurko leaves for his shift at the nuclear power plant at Chernobyl. In the morning, the air has a strange metallic taste. The cat is oddly listless. The priest doesn't show up for services. Yurko doesn't come home from work. Nobody knows what's happened (and they won't for many days), but things have changed for the Petrenkosâ??forever. Inspired by true events, this unusual, unexpected novel tells howâ??and whyâ??Marusia defies the Soviet government's permanent evacuation of her deeply contaminated village and returns to live out her days in the only home she's ever known. Alone in the deserted town, she struggles up into the church bell tower to ring the bells twice every day just in case someone else has returned. And they have, one by one. In the end, five intrepid old womenâ??the village babysiâ??band together for survival and to confront the Soviet officials responsible for their fate. And, in the midst of desolation, a tenacious hold on life chimes forth. Poignant and truthful and triumphant, this timeless story is about ordinary people who do more than s No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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