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.)
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!
The Dalkey Archive edition of CHERNOBYL PRAYER is published today.
Anna Gunin
“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.”
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
> 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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> “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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‘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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‘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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Anna Gunin
Anna Gunin
A radiation survivor and expert, an elderly returnee, and a wildlife researcher paint a picture of life 40 years later.
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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
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
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.)
Wendy Erskine talks about her new novel and explores its connections to three other works.
