Hiroshima

Stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb disaster

Author Name: John Hersey

Although it is a true account of the lives of six survivors of the atomic bomb disaster dropped on Hiroshima, it is not intended merely to “entertain” the reader and “comfort him” by telling these stories. Rather, it represents a hand that strikes violently at the reader’s chest to make him aware of what he sees around him of the misery of this humanity when it is entrusted to itself, and its vulgarization of its values ​​whenever it is able to crush whoever it sees as a stumbling block to its interests. “To this day, nothing tells the scenes of horror of Hiroshima better than it.” The Washington Post “A scene from hell, its disturbing images recall Dante’s Inferno.” The Times “Everyone who is able to read should read it.” The Saturday Literary Review “It is difficult for us to imagine that there is any book more important to the human race at this time than this book.” American Book of the Month Club What is your favorite piece of journalism? “Hiroshima by John Hersey was an extraordinary work.” Gabriel García Márquez