Hiroshima chronicles the effects of one of the most devastating weapons made in human history on the lives of six different people. Among them, two are women, two are doctors, and two are religious men. The book starts with the explosion of the atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima, and ends with a postscript written by John Hersey that gives an update of each of the survivor's lives forty years after the atomic bomb was dropped.
I choose this book because a friend of mine recommended it. I know that the dropping of the atomic bomb was extremely controversial decision, and as someone interested in history I want to learn more about this event through people who have witnessed it first-hand. Only then, I think, can I really grasp the magnitude of the tragedy that happened.
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