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John Hersey · 1946
A non-fiction account of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945, told through the experiences of six survivors. Hersey's sober, factual narrative reconstructs the immediate aftermath and human cost of the bomb through eyewitness testimony.
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What this book knows
Six survivors show how ordinary human endurance, care, and bewilderment persisted inside total annihilation.
trauma-and-survival
He took a woman by the hands, but her skin slipped off in huge, glove-like pieces. He was so sickened he had to sit down for a moment.
HJH-RC-036Father Kleinsorge thought back to how queasy he had once been at the sight of pain; yet there in the park he was so benumbed he moved on immediately.
HJH-RC-041mortality
Of a hundred and fifty doctors in the city, sixty-five were already dead and most of the rest were wounded. Of 1,780 nurses, 1,654 were dead or too badly hurt to work.
HJH-RC-021She asked bluntly, 'If your God is so good and kind, how can he let people suffer like this?' gesturing at her shrunken leg and Hiroshima as a whole.
HJH-RC-064grief
They raised their upper bodies slowly and accepted a cup of water with a bow and said, 'I couldn't help my sister.'
HJH-RC-067One of the girls begun to sing Kimi ga yo, national anthem, and others followed in chorus and died.
HJH-RC-068Illuminates
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