Hiroshima - Softcover

John Hersey

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014118437X ISBN 13: 9780141184371

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2001

Synopsis

When the first atomic bomb was dropped on hiroshima in august 1945, killing 100,000 men, women and children, a new era in human history opened written only a year after the disaster, john hersey brought the event vividly alive with this heartrending account of six men and women who survived despite all the odds a further chapter was added when, forty years later, he returned to hiroshima to discover how the same six people had struggled to cope with catastrophe and with often crippling disease the result is a devastating picture of the long-term effects of one bomb

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Review:

When the atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, few could have anticipated its potential for devastation. Pulitzer prize-winning author John Hersey recorded the stories of Hiroshima residents shortly after the explosion and, in 1946, Hiroshima was published, giving the world first-hand accounts from people who had survived it. The words of Miss Sasaki, Dr. Fujii, Mrs. Nakamara, Father Kleinsorg, Dr. Sasaki, and the Reverend Tanimoto gave a face to the statistics that saturated the media and solicited an overwhelming public response. Whether you believe the bomb made the difference in the war or that it should never have been dropped, "Hiroshima" is a must read for all of us who live in the shadow of armed conflict.

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About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 014118437X
• ISBN 13: 9780141184371
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 196