Translator from Russian of Svetlana Alexievich, Pavel Bazhov, Oleg Pavlov and others
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Anna Gunin
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“Try to rethink everything. Offer something different. It’s OK to experiment … Don’t give up too soon. There is always another way to say it.”
> “I have seen a lot in my life, but I couldn’t imagine that war would come here,” said Natalia, who has worked at Chornobyl since 1980, making her one of the longest-serving staff members.
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It’s deeply troubling to see the normalisation of excessive and potentially lethal police violence in the UK!
Kremlin-style policing should never be accepted. Wake up!
In February 2025, a cheap Russian drone tore through Chornobyl’s confinement shelter. Workers warn the site of the world’s worst nuclear accident is not safe yet
> Four decades on from the Chornobyl disaster, small communities of scientists, elderly returnees and soldiers have carved out lives among its abandoned buildings, while wildlife thrives in the surrounding forests.
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The Dalkey Archive edition of CHERNOBYL PRAYER is published today.
Q: Can it ever be appropriate for policemen to kick a suspect armed with a knife who is already lying on the ground repeatedly in the head? Would it be a standard professional approach or an effective tactic?
Response from ChatGPT. (Not an authoritative source, but informative, nevertheless.)
My co-translation of Svetlana Alexievich’s CHERNOBYL PRAYER comes out in the USA on 5 May.
‘A beautifully written book, it's been years since I had to look away from a page because it was just too heart-breaking to go on.’ — Arundhati Roy
My co-translation of Svetlana Alexievich’s CHERNOBYL PRAYER comes out in the USA on 5 May.
‘A beautifully written book, it's been years since I had to look away from a page because it was just too heart-breaking to go on.’ — Arundhati Roy
‘One of the things – and I think the translators have done this so absolutely brilliantly here, Anna Gunin and Arch Tait – the speech styles of these different monologues are so distinctive. They feel so different.… They’ve captured that fantastically.’ — Wendy Erskine
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‘The book that she most wants everyone to read is Chernobyl Prayer (1997) which has the subtitle: a chronicle of the future.’
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My new book is out in the UK and will come to the US in the fall. Grateful for this review.
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Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
The polarising translator of the Odyssey and the Iliad sets out her philosophy in this fascinating collection
Q: Can it ever be appropriate for policemen to kick a suspect armed with a knife who is already lying on the ground repeatedly in the head? Would it be a standard professional approach or an effective tactic?
Response from ChatGPT. (Not an authoritative source, but informative, nevertheless.)
Anna Gunin
A radiation survivor and expert, an elderly returnee, and a wildlife researcher paint a picture of life 40 years later.
My co-translation of Svetlana Alexievich’s CHERNOBYL PRAYER comes out in the USA on 5 May.
‘A beautifully written book, it's been years since I had to look away from a page because it was just too heart-breaking to go on.’ — Arundhati Roy
Anna Gunin
Wendy Erskine talks about her new novel and explores its connections to three other works.
