☆关于切尔诺贝利核灾难及其政治影响的权威史学作品，兼具史学家的历史洞见和文学家的叙事笔触。
☆非虚构写作标杆奖项贝利·吉福德奖2018年获奖作品，俄罗斯题材标杆奖项普希金图书奖2019年获奖作品。
☆《经济学人》《纽约书评周刊》《伦敦书评周刊》《华尔街日报》《金融时报》 《泰晤士报》《卫报》等顶级媒体力荐，售出十国版权。
☆《大国的崩溃》作者，东欧史顶尖学者、哈佛大学讲席教授沙希利·浦洛基新作。
☆ 诺贝尔文学奖得主S.A.阿列克谢耶维齐推荐。
1986年发生的切尔诺贝利事件是震惊世界的核泄漏事故，成为意义复杂的全球性文化符号。然而无数虚构、非虚构作品对这一灾难的哀悼和演绎——即便是2019年的HBO历史神剧——都未能还原这一事件的复杂真相。
哈佛大学乌克兰史讲席教授沙希利·浦洛基在《切尔诺贝利：一部悲剧史》一书中，利用新近公开的政府档案结合大量目击者的访谈素材，详尽而富有条理地叙述了切尔诺贝利事件的背景、起因、过程、后续，及其对人类与自然、对国际社会所造成的深远影响。全书涉及400多个人物，上至国家领导人，下到平民百姓，所有被卷入这场核灾难的各色人等都被描述，所有响亮和微弱的声音均被记录，所有模糊和片面的认识都被厘清……这是一个令人心碎的英雄主义故事，也是我们迫近真相的一次智性探险。

*WINNER OF THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2018*
*WINNER OF THE PUSHKIN HOUSE BOOK PRIZE 2019*
'As moving as it is painstakingly researched. . . a cracking read' Viv Groskop, Observer
'A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly being hailed as a classic' Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph
On 26 April 1986 at 1.23am a reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Soviet Ukraine exploded. While the authorities scrambled to understand what was occurring, workers, engineers, firefighters and those living in the area were abandoned to their fate. The blast put the world on the brink of nuclear annihilation, contaminating over half of Europe with radioactive fallout.
In Chernobyl, award-winning historian Serhii Plokhy draws on recently opened archives to recreate these events in all their drama. A moment by moment account of the heroes, perpetrators and victims of a tragedy, Chernobyl is the first full account of a gripping, unforgettable Cold War story.
'A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath . . . plunges the reader into the sweaty, nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room on that fateful night when human frailty and design flaws combined to such devastating effect' Daniel Beer, Guardian
'Haunting ... near-Tolstoyan. His voice is humane and inflected with nostalgia' Roland Elliott Brown, Spectator
'Extraordinary, vividly written, powerful storytelling ... the first full-scale history of the world's worst nuclear disaster, one of the defining moments in the Cold War, told minute by minute' Victor Sebestyen Sunday Times
'Plays out like a classical tragedy ... fascinating' Julian Evans, Daily Telegraph
'Here at last is the monumental history the disaster deserves' Julie McDowall, The Times
Reviews
An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics
Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens
As moving as it is painstakingly researched, this book is a tour de force and a cracking read. . . Without losing any detail or nuance, Plokhy has a knack for making complicated things simple while still profound
Viv Groskop, Observer
A work of deep scholarship and powerful stroytelling. Plokhy is the master of the telling detail
Victor Sebestyen, Sunday Times
A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath. . . Plokhy's well-paced narrative plunges the reader into the sweaty, nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room
Daniel Beer, Guardian
The first comprehensive history of the Chernobyl disaster. . . here at last is the monumental history the disaster deserves
Julie McDowall, The Times
Plokhy, a Harvard professor of Ukrainian background, is ideally placed to tell the harrowing story of Chernobyl. . . he has an immense knowledge of Russian and Ukrainian history and maintains the highest standards of scholarship
Tony Barber, Financial Times
A meticulous account of the disaster - and how the Soviet authorities tried to cover it up. . . A worthy winner of this year's Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction
Robbie Millen, The Times Books of the Year
A riveting account of human error and state duplicity. . . rightly being hailed as a classic
Hannah Betts, Daily Telegraph
A masterful retelling. . . Mr Plokhy's book will endure as a definitive history
Economist
Review
An insightful and important book, that often reads like a good thriller, and that exposes the danger of mixing powerful technology with irresponsible politics (Yuval Noah Harari, author of Sapiens)
This history reads like an academic thriller written by Malcolm Gladwell. Without losing any detail or nuance, Plokhy has a knack for making complicated things simple while still profound. As moving as it is painstakingly researched, this book is a tour de force and a cracking read (Viv Groskop Observer)
A work of deep scholarship and powerful stroytelling. Plokhy is the master of the telling detail (Victor Sebestyen Sunday Times)
A compelling history of the 1986 disaster and its aftermath. . . Plokhy's well-paced narrative plunges the reader into the sweaty, nervous tension of the Chernobyl control room (Daniel Beer Guardian)
The first comprehensive history of the Chernobyl disaster. . . here at last is the monumental history the disaster deserves (Julie McDowall The Times)
Plokhy, a Harvard professor of Ukrainian background, is ideally placed to tell the harrowing story of Chernobyl. . . he has an immense knowledge of Russian and Ukrainian history and maintains the highest standards of scholarship (Tony Barber Financial Times)
A meticulous account of the disaster - and how the Soviet authorities tried to cover it up. . . A worthy winner of this year's Baillie Gifford prize for nonfiction (Robbie Millen The Times Books of the Year)