Hiroshima

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One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima through the memories of survivorsfrom 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.

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Nothing can be said about this book that can equal what the book has to say. It speaks for itself, and in an unforgettable way, for humanity. The New York Times

One of the great classics of the war. The New Republic

Everyone able to read should read it. Saturday Review of Literature

Author Bio

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 Lewiss 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.