02558cam a2200349 4500 1659720264 TxAuBib 20241017120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9798765011478 c109aa35-0270-4a1b-ac02-47c5910c697e OverDrive (Reserve ID) 8830001 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Kamysh, Markiyan. Stalking the Atomic City [Libby Audiobook] : Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl. Tantor Media, Inc., 2022. Format: OverDrive OverDrive MP3 Audiobook, Filesize: 85MB. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 85MB. Ukrainian author. Disaster Relief. dystopia. Since the Chornobyl nuclear disaster in April 1986, the area remains a toxic, forbidden wasteland. The zone has become a place for meditation at the edge of geography where you can lose yourself. As with all dangerous places, this terra incognita attracts a wild assortment of adventurers who climb over the barbed wire illegally to witness the aftermath of catastrophe in the flesh. Breaking the law here is a pilgrimage: a metamodern sacred experience that coexists with thrash. Markiyan Kamysh, whose father worked as an on-site disaster liquidator of Chornobyl, works as a "stalker," guiding people who dare to venture into the disaster area for thrills. Kamysh tells us about thieves who hide in the abandoned buildings, the policemen who chase them, and the romantic utopists who have built families here, even as deadly toxic waste lingers in the buildings, playgrounds, and streams. More than extraordinary guide to this alien world, Kamysh writes with a singular style that is both brash and bold, conferring an understated elegance to this dystopian reality. Stalking the Atomic City is a haunting account of what total autonomy could mean in our growingly fractured world. Nonfiction. History. Science. Media Type: Audiobook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2024-10-16 20:00:03. Harrison, BJ. Leliv, Hanna. Costigan-Humes, Reilly. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c109aa35-0270-4a1b-ac02-47c5910c697e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive MP3 Audiobook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=c109aa35-0270-4a1b-ac02-47c5910c697e&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Listen)