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Markiyan Kamysh (Ukrainian: Маркіян Камиш, born 19 October 1988) is a Ukrainian novelist.
Biography
Kamysh is the only person who represents the Chernobyl underground in literature. His father was a Chernobyl liquidator. From 2005-2009, Kamysh studied history at the Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. He is the author of seven novels, the most famous of which are works about and around Chernobyl. From 2010–2021, he was an illegal stalker (he calls himself a "pilgrim") of multiple areas in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Zone of Alienation, including Pripyat, smaller surrounding villages, and the power plant itself. In 2022, after the Russian invasion began, he joined the Ukrainian military and was retired in September, 2024.
= Stalking the Atomic City
=Stalking the Atomic City is a novel written by Kamysh about his experiences illegally exploring the exclusion zone. TOP10 books of 2019 according to La Repubblica as one of the "Constellations of the ten books that best reflect the spirit of the times".
The Guardian called it "remarkable book". The Telegraph admitted that the work is "mesmerizing", The Wall Street Journal called the novel "A punk rock pilgrimage to Chernobyl", The Times noted the "style" and the author's "passion", Le Point stated that it was “wonderfully written”, la Repubblica noted “strong character”, The Irish Independent described the text as “an unforgettable read”, il Manifesto wrote that this is “... not a sickly apocalyptic tourism, but an act of love, its deprivation, mystical entanglement in the overtaken world that confronts us in hopeless and eerie beauty”, and The New York Times included it in the list of translated literature from all over the world for 2022. Kirkus Reviews call it "A visceral, graphic report from dystopia." Le Nouvel Obs called the novel "an amazing book".
Les Inrocks highlighted that it is a "Brilliant text between an intimate story, a spicy walk and a searing post-Chernobyl document" and summed up the work as "A morbid and magical world reminiscent of the films of Tim Burton and Jim Jarmusch, in which Markiyan Kamysh plays a Baudelaire vagabond."
The reviewer of the Corriere della Sera summed up his review of the novel as follows: "Thanks to a style balanced between the linguistic ecstasy of a desperate journey, between the destruction of the relics of a historical tragedy and the cruel and sentimental minimalism of a terrifying reality, Kamysh writes a work capable of shaking us in the face of human pain and the pain of nature."
Critics compare Kamysh with Hunter Thompson, Jack Kerouac and Charles Bukowski.
External links
The Guardian review
The Telegraph review
The Times Review
The Wall Street Journal review
Duckweed (a short story).
The River (a short story).
An essay for the BOMB magazine.
Pripyat Underground.
Kirkus Review
Publishers Weekly review
The Irish Independent review
la Repubblica review (In Italian)
le Nouvel Obs review (In French)
Les Inrocks review (In French)
Il Manifesto review (In Italian)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Stadion Avanhard (Pripyat)
- Kolam Renang Azure
- Taman Bermain Pripyat
- Markiyan Kamysh
- Stalking the Atomic City
- Pripyat
- Duga radar
- Cultural impact of the Chernobyl disaster
- List of Chernobyl-related articles
- Azure Swimming Pool
- Chernobyl exclusion zone
- Chernobyl
- October 19
