Memories of a meltdown : an Egyptian between Moscow and Chernobyl / Mohamed Makhzangi ; translated by Samah Selim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Makhzanjī, Muḥammad.

Series:

Modern Arabic literature

Standardized Title:

Laḥẓat gharaq jazīrat al-ḥūt. Arabic.

Language:

Arabic

English

Genre:

Novels.

Physical Description:

ii, 102 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cairo ; New York : The American University in Cairo Press, 2006.

Language Note:

Translation from Arabic.

Summary:

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 others?found himself living a nuclear nightmare when the Chernobyl plant had a catastrophic meltdown. Despite numerous failsafe protections, 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 the meltdown offers a searing account of factual events distilled through the filter of literature. In the finest tradition of literary reportage, Makhzangi masterfully conveys here the loneliness of exile, the urgency of a great tragedy, and the intimacy of personal experience.

Notes:

Novel.

ISBN:

9774249690

OCLC:

65208535