Hiroshima
by John Hersey
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“@Jessicam6946 I was raised by folks from the Great Generation. They all lived through World War II. As a teen, my grandmother had me read this book. There is no way to read this and think a nuclear option is acceptable under any circumstances: Hiroshima | A few weeks ago, @vulture asked me to describe 10 books that have impacted me along the way. List just out: Chinua Achebe, Dorothy Day, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Ralph Ellison, Bernard Malamud, Doris Kearns Goodwin, & more: | I had always been interested in this kind of long form narrative nonfiction.”
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Ww2, Nonfiction, and World War 2.
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).Alm...
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Recommended by 4 sources and appears in Ww2, Nonfiction, and World War 2.
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“@Jessicam6946 I was raised by folks from the Great Generation. They all lived through World War II. As a teen, my grandmother had me read this book. There is no way to read this and think a nuclear option is acceptable under any circumstances: Hiroshima | A few weeks ago, @vulture asked me to describe 10 books that have impacted me along the way. List just out: Chinua Achebe, Dorothy Day, Éilís Ní Dhuibhne, Ralph Ellison, Bernard Malamud, Doris Kearns Goodwin, & more: | I had always been interested in this kind of long form narrative nonfiction.”
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