Tsjernobylfortellinger

by Ingrid Storholmen

Tsjernobylfortellinger inneholder mange ulike stemmer og situasjoner som viser konsekvensene av vår tids største kjernekraftulykke våren 1986. Dette er poetiske prosafortellinger om menneskene som ble rammet og stadig rammes.
Å glemme Tsjernobyl er å underkommunisere risikoen ved kjernekraft.

Ingrid Storholmen kommer fra Verdal der regnet fra Tsjernobyl brakte med seg store mengder radioaktivt nedfall. I 2002 reiste hun to måneder rundt i den forbudte sonen og i de kondemnerte områdene i Ukraina og Hviterussland. Dette er hennes første prosabok etter tre kritikerroste diktsamlinger.

Genres: Nonfiction, History, Historical

140 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2009

About the author

Ingrid Storholmen debuterte i 2001 med "Krypskyttarloven" og fikk stor oppmerksomhet både for denne og for sin neste samling "Skamtalen. Graceland" (2005). Hun utarbeidet "Skamtalen. Graceland" til en forestilling/performance i samarbeid med instruktør, musiker og scenograf. Hun har også skrevet "Sirispelet", en slags mediterende monolog.

Hennes neste diktsamlinger er "Siriboka" (2007) og "Til kjærlighetens pris" (2011). "Tsjernobylfortellinger" (2009), Storholmens første prosabok, fikk flotte kritiker, og hun ble nominert til blant annet Brageprisen og Kritikerprisen. Boken er utkommet på engelsk i India. Hun er blitt tildelt Bokhandlernes forfatterstipend 2010, Sultprisen 2010 og Tanums kvinnestipend 2011. "Mora som glemte at det var kveld" (2012) var hennes første barnebok.

"Her lå Tirpitz" (2014) er hennes andre roman. Det tyske slagskipet Tirpitz lå lenge i Fættefjorden, ikke langt fra der Storholmen vokste opp. Hver gang familien passerte stedet, sa de voksne: «Her lå Tirpitz.» Dette minnet ble utgangspunktet for boken.

Reviews

[Megan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Could. Not. Put. Down. Scary and heartbreaking.

[Gaby (माया) · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartbreaking compilation of stories from Chernobyl. An insight to docens of minds and hearts affected by this incident.

The way the author wrote this book it's not very common, it feels like reading an interview, however some of the stories are so personal and powerful, so full of love and pain it feels like your own heart is damaged.

Many of these stories have a lot in common, specially how poorly the government handled the situation and how mercilessly so many lifes were sacrificed for a "greater good".

Some of the stories felt a bit repetitive but it was worth reading.

[Sowmya Ashok · Rating 4 out of 5]

A heart-rending narrative of various stories that take you to the depths of what happened during and after that unfortunate day at Chernobyl. Not only does this book offer various perspectives, it also very subtly tells us the importance of memories, as they are what you carry at the end of everything.

Ingrid Storholmen's language and characterization does not fail to make you sit back and contemplate on the bubble that we live and grew up in.

[Andres "Ande" Jakovlev · Rating 2 out of 5]

Üritasin selle raamatu kätte võtta võrdlemisi puhtalt lehelt. Kui autoril (ja ka suurel hulgal lugejatest) on kirjutatuga isiklik seos, siis tulebki meeled avatuna hoida, ma oletan. Suuri katastroofe, mis puudutavad paljusid inimesi, elavad ju kõik erinevalt läbi.

Mida enam ma lugesin, seda enam hakkas mulle tunduma, et inspiratsiooni on saadud Sviatlana Aliaksijeviči raamatust "Tšernobõli palve. Tuleviku kroonika". Ja ma ei eksinudki - järelsõnas tunnistab autor, et on üht-teist sealt laenanud.

Ega selles midagi halba ei ole. Tšernobõli tuumajaama plahvatus puudutas väga paljusid inimesi üle kogu maailma. Ning nii võivad ka inimeste lood, kogemused ja tundmused paikkonniti erinevad olla. Kui Aliaksijeviči raamat rääkis vahetult kokku puutunutest (asus tuumajaam ju sisuliselt otse Valgevene piiril), siis Norra paistab ju niivõrd kaugel olevat. Ent jutustusi Norrast ei tulnud - ikkagi nende inimeste lood, kes vahetus läheduses viibisd.

Aga - kui "Tšernobõli palve" mõjutas mind üsna tugevalt, siis "Tšernobõli jutustused" ei suutnud pea mingeid emotsioone tekitada. Seetõttu ka võrdlemisi madal hinne - oma peas olen need raamatud lihtsalt samale kaalukausile seadnud. Mulle tundub, et viimati loetud raamat oli liialt ilutsev. Liiga ilukirjanduslik, kui nii tohib öelda. Kui Aliaksijeviči raamat oli selgelt dokumentaalne, siis Storholmeni puhul ma ei saanudki tegelikult aru, kui palju seal oli reaalset ja kui palju fantaasiat. Osa lugusid põhines kindlasti reaalsetel inimestel, aga ilmselt oli üht-teist ka juurde mõeldud.

Tšernobõli katastroof on tegelikult üdini inimlik tragöödia. Lihtsate inimeste lihtsad elud, mis ühe hetkega purustatakse. Terved põlvkonnad saavad nähtamatu vaenlase poolt pöördumatult kahjustada. Ja just sellest inimlikkusest & lihtsusest jäi minu jaoks "Tšernobõli jutustustes" vajaka.

[Judy Zabolocky · Rating 5 out of 5]

Heartbreaking. This easy to read book is chock-full of interviews with people giving first hand accounts about the lasting effects of a nuclear disaster. When your government consistently lies to you and you believe everything they say. The amount of deceit was appalling. It affected so many people. I could not put it down.

[Mike Rohloff · Rating 1 out of 5]

Just couldn’t get into this book. Tried and tried, but failed. Not for me.

[Booklover01]

Lühilood Tšernobõlist. Kohati liiga poeetilised ja kunstlikud, kuid samas valusad ja emotsionaalsed.

[Sofia Ramirez · Rating 4 out of 5]

I came to this book expecting one thing and then was slapped into another good thing.

I think, as many people, I expected something like the HBO show. However, this book is totally not like that, so if you expect a kind of journalistic narrative about the accident itself, this is not your book. But I think this should be everyone's book, since it explores the lives of the people involved it after the accident and how it affected in ways we couldn't even start to imagine.

I loved the author's prose and how respectful it felt for the people she interviewed. I feel it gave me a gentle insight about them and it made me look the accident not only in a scientific way (I'm a chemist, so I've always been interested in this accident for scientific purposes) but in a more human way.

Thanks for this beautiful book. Your voices has been heard.

[Bettie]

bad! only available on kindle and I will NEVER own one of those