Why did I love this book?
It is a rare and wondrous thing when a book can at once inform and move you. Author John Hersey grips readers with his narrative style, by elegantly weaving together personal stories and key information. The result is a book that causes one to both think and feel.
An invaluable contribution to the vast library of World War II works and one of my all-time favorite reads.
8 authors picked Hiroshima as one of their favorite books, and they share why you should read it.
“One of the great classics of the war" (The New Republic) that tells what happened in Hiroshima through the memories of survivors—from a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist.
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).
Almost four decades after the original publication of this celebrated book, John Hersey went back to Hiroshima in search…