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In the spring of 1986, Mohamed Makhzangi was living in Kiev, an Egyptian doctor studying in the Ukraine. As a result, he--like thousands of other--found himself living a nuclear nightmare when the Chernobyl plant had a catastrophic meltdown. Despite numerous failsafeprotections, human error sent massive quantities of deadly radiation into the serene spring of the Soviet sky. In superbly crafted prose, Memories of a Meltdown describes the days that followed from Makhzangi's dual perspective, as both an outsider and a victim.Described by the author as an "anti-memoir," this assemblage of impressions in the aftermath of themeltdown offers a searing account of factual events distilled through the filter of literature. Blendingthe realism of journalism with the emotional resonance of fiction, Makhzangi conveys the quiet butsteadily mounting atmosphere of fear and panic, the dubious reliability of official statements, and anoverall loss of the sense of safety, of anything ever being right with the world again.From the balding colleague who is concerned only about whether his hair will fall out, to agrandfather, fetching his young grandson a drink, who believes that there is lesscontamination in cool tap water than hot, Makhzangi portrays people unwilling or unable tobelieve in the magnitude of the disaster unfolding around them. In the finest tradition ofliterary reportage, Makhzangi masterfully conveys here the loneliness


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789774249693
  • Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press
  • Binding: Hardback
  • No of Pages: 102
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 127 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9774249690
  • Publisher Date: 15 Mar 2006
  • Height: 208 mm
  • Returnable: Y
  • Weight: 276 gr


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