by Vladimir Gubarev · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140482140
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«Sarcophagus» is Vladimir Gubarev's play about the Chernobyl disaster, published by Penguin in paperback (96 pages, in English).
Set after the Chernobyl nuclear accident, the play focuses on a group of patients admitted to an institute of radiological hygiene. Their dialogues portray the physical and emotional deterioration of the radiation victims, as well as the human conflicts and moral questions that arise in the face of the catastrophe.
«Sarcophagus», translated into English by Michael Glenny, is the first British publication of the play, in the Penguin Plays & Screenplays collection, linked to a production by the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC).
For readers interested in contemporary theatre and dramatisations of the Chernobyl disaster.
