Description for Heavy Water
Paperback. On 26 April, 1986 at 1.23 am, in the cool dark of an early Saturday, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear complex exploded. This book features a poem about the disaster. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 135 x 214 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
On 26 April, 1986 at 1.23 am, in the cool dark of an early Saturday, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear complex exploded. "Heavy Water" is based on eyewitness accounts of the Chernobyl disaster. Petrucci takes up the challenge confronting society in every age: to attempt the difficult task of exploring its most terrible events. His poem unites the concerns of artist, humanitarian and historian at a common source: the desire not to forget. This poem stands to remind us that those who have been exposed to the invisible should never become so.Each segment paints an intimate picture: some ... Read more
On 26 April, 1986 at 1.23 am, in the cool dark of an early Saturday, the fourth reactor of the Chernobyl nuclear complex exploded. "Heavy Water" is based on eyewitness accounts of the Chernobyl disaster. Petrucci takes up the challenge confronting society in every age: to attempt the difficult task of exploring its most terrible events. His poem unites the concerns of artist, humanitarian and historian at a common source: the desire not to forget. This poem stands to remind us that those who have been exposed to the invisible should never become so.Each segment paints an intimate picture: some ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
Weight
144g
Number of Pages
96
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781900564342
SKU
V9781900564342
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-12
About Mario Petrucci
Mario Petrucci is an ecologist, physicist and war poet. He is also the only poet to have been in residence at the Imperial War Museum.A selection of these poems won the Daily Telegraph / Arvon International Poetry Competition 2002, and two won Merit Awards in the Nottingham Open Poetry Competition in the same year. Mario was the recipient of a ... Read more
Reviews for Heavy Water
"Heartfelt, ambitious and alive"Jackie Kay