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Hiroshima
Paperback / softback
Main Details
Title |
Hiroshima
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) John Hersey
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Series | Penguin Magnum Collection |
Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:256 | Dimensions(mm): Height 198,Width 129 |
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Category/Genre | World history Second world war |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780141041865
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Classifications | Dewey:940.5425 |
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Audience | General | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Imprint |
Penguin Books Ltd
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Publication Date |
7 May 2009 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
'Then a tremendous flash of light cut across the sky. Mr Tanimoto has a distinct recollection that it travelled from east to west, from the city toward the hills. It seemed a sheet of sun.'
Author Biography
John Hersey was born in Tientsin, China, in 1914, and lived there until 1925, when his family returned to the United States. He studied at Yale and Clare College, Cambridge, served for a time as Sinclair Lewis's secretary, and then worked for several years as a journalist. He published seventeen works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize winning A Bell for Adano. Besides Hiroshima which was first published in 1946, he wrote six books of essays and reportage. He died in 1993.
Reviews'To this day nothing tells better the horror of Hiroshima ... One of the most powerful writers of modern times' Washington Post 'A vision of hell ... its terrible images are reminiscent of Dante's Inferno' The Times
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