In this careful recording of the experiences of Japanese atomic bomb survivors, M.G. Sheftall provides a crucial service for our collective memory of Hiroshima.
Dutton
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Dutton
9780593472255
In this careful recording of the experiences of Japanese atomic bomb survivors, M.G. Sheftall provides a crucial service for our collective memory of Hiroshima.
Four decades after the publication of his landmark on-the-ground reporting about the atomic bomb experiences of six Hiroshima survivors, journalist and author John Hersey returned to Japan to document what had become of his subjects over the years. Some embraced their hibakusha (the Japanese term for Hiroshima and Nagasaki survivors) identity, becoming regular presences on…
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