A Novel With a Radioactive Heart

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All That Is Solid Melts into Air Darragh McKeon The Chernobyl disaster and its aftermath form the radioactive heart of Darragh McKeon’s bold and expansive debut novel. We witness the governmental response — alternatingly callous and incompetent — as well as singular acts of resistance or humanity, suffusing a national tragedy with a strange kind of grace. In any novel with so ambitious a scope, the struggle is always in creating a panoramic view of history without completely sweeping aside the characters that are our entry into that history. On this score, McKeon acquits himself like a seasoned hand, finding those precious details and moments where the intimate and the historical intertwine. Scribd Editor More Summer Reading Essentials Enjoy unlimited access to more than one million titles, all with a Scribd membership. START READING

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