Stalking the Atomic City

Life Among the Decadent and the Depraved of Chornobyl

Author  Markiyan Kamysh Translated by  Hanna Leliv and Reilly Costigan-Humes
Stalking the Atomic City

“His is a voice that must be heard.” —Patti Smith

“A poetic rush to madness. . . a stunning, original voice as lyrical as it is unnerving."
—Alan Weisman, author of The World Without Us and Countdown

"In the shadow of catastrophe, Markiyan Kamysh writes with all of youth’s wayward lyricism, like a nuclear Kerouac." —Rob Doyle, author of Threshold

A rare portrait of the dystopian reality of Chornobyl, Ukraine, as it was before the Russian occupation of 2022.

Since the nuclear disaster in April 1986, Chornobyl remains a toxic, forbidden wasteland. As with all dangerous places, it attracts a wild assortment of adventurers who feel called to climb over the barbed wire illegally and witness the aftermath for themselves. Breaking the law here is…

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April 5, 2022
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