Hiroshima by John Hersey

Hiroshima

John Hersey

98 pages first pub 1946 (editions)

nonfiction classics history emotional reflective slow-paced

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2015 is the 70th anniversary of Hiroshima, when, on 6 August at 8.15am, an atomic bob was dropped, killing one hundred thousand men, women and children in its white fury. John Hersey's spare, devastating report on the attack was first published in...

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informative 80%
sad 74%
dark 60%
emotional 59%
reflective 53%
challenging 36%
tense 21%
inspiring 6%
hopeful 2%

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slow 19%

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