Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima by John Hersey

One of the great classics of the war (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima through the memories of survivors--from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic that stirs the conscience of humanity (The New York Times).

Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of>Hiroshima.

One of the great classics of the war (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima through the memories of survivors--from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.

On August 6, 1945, Hiroshima was destroyed by the first atom bomb ever dropped on a city. This book, John Hersey's journalistic masterpiece, tells what happened on that day. Told through the memories of survivors, this timeless, powerful and compassionate document has become a classic that stirs the conscience of humanity (The New York Times).

Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search of the people whose stories he had told. His account of what he discovered about them is now the eloquent and moving final chapter of>Hiroshima.

John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914 and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis's secretary, and then worked several years as a journalist. Beginning in 1947 he devoted his time mainly to writing fiction. He won the Pulitzer Prize, taught for two decades at Yale, and was president of the Authors League of America and Chancellor of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. John Hersey died in 1993.

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ISBN 13	9780679721031
ISBN 10	0679721037
Title	Hiroshima
Author	John Hersey
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Binding type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	1989-03-04
Number of pages	160
Prizes	Winner of New York Public Library Books for the Teen Age.
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