This book - although it is a true account of the remains of the lives of six survivors of the atomic bomb disaster dropped on Hiroshima - is not merely intended to entertain the reader and comfort him by telling these stories. Rather, it represents a palm that touches - with some violence - the reader’s chest to make him pay attention to what he sees around him. The misery of this humanity when it is entrusted to itself, and its vulgarization of its values whenever it is able to crush those it sees as a stumbling block to its interests.
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“To this day nothing tells the scenes of the horror of Hiroshima better.” [The Washington Post]
“A scene from hell, its disturbing images reminiscent of Dante's Inferno.” [The Times]
“Everyone who is able to read should read it.” [Sabbath Literary Journal]
“It is difficult for us to imagine that there is any book more important to the human race at this time than this one.” [Book of the Month Club of America]
“What is your favorite journalistic text? Hiroshima by John Hersey was an extraordinary work” [famous novelist Gabriel García Márquez].
Number: 1
Number of pages: 288 pages
Book size: small size
Paper type: black
Cover type: Paperback
To view the index and the translator’s introduction to the book, follow the link:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Z1i4N6notMZA5LqJ9KowXEP1Azr7HNo8/view?usp=sharing
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