Hiroshima – John Hersey American print journalism, possibly thanks to its special place in the US constitution, occasionally delivers exemplary knock-out blows, world-class reporting on great subjects. John Hersey’s Hiroshima stands at the head of this tradition. These 31,000 words of searing testimony were written and published just a year after the dropping of the first A-bomb on Japan in August 1945, a terrible act of war that killed some 100,000 men, women and children and marked the beginning of a dark new chapter in human history. Robert McCrum, Guardian extract: 100 Best Nonfiction


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Add to Calendar Europe/Paris Hiroshima – John Hersey American print journalism, possibly thanks to its special place in the US constitution, occasionally delivers exemplary knock-out blows, world-class reporting on great subjects. John Hersey’s Hiroshima stands at the head of this tradition. These 31,000 words of searing testimony were written and published just a year after the dropping of the first A-bomb on Japan in August 1945, a terrible act of war that killed some 100,000 men, women and children and marked the beginning of a dark new chapter in human history. Robert McCrum, Guardian extract: 100 Best Nonfiction

Hiroshima – John Hersey

American print journalism, possibly thanks to its special place in the US constitution, occasionally delivers exemplary knock-out blows, world-class reporting on great subjects. John Hersey’s Hiroshima stands at the head of this tradition. These 31,000 words of searing testimony were written and published just a year after the dropping of the first A-bomb on Japan in August 1945, a terrible act of war that killed some 100,000 men, women and children and marked the beginning of a dark new chapter in human history. Robert McCrum, Guardian extract: 100 Best Nonfiction
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Hiroshima – John Hersey

American print journalism, possibly thanks to its special place in the US constitution, occasionally delivers exemplary knock-out blows, world-class reporting on great subjects. John Hersey’s Hiroshima stands at the head of this tradition. These 31,000 words of searing testimony were written and published just a year after the dropping of the first A-bomb on Japan in August 1945, a terrible act of war that killed some 100,000 men, women and children and marked the beginning of a dark new chapter in human history. Robert McCrum, Guardian extract: 100 Best Nonfiction
#libreria #libtriptych #robertmccrum #hiroshima #johnhersey

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