Hiroshima
by John Hersey
Taste attributes: documentaryhistoricalwarslowunsavouryheavyrealisticlinearemotive & stirringhuman spirit/resilience/survivalinjustice/tragedy/vengeancesocial commentary
Boxlist takeExpect a realistic, weighty non-fiction book, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score
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3.8 / 5
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About This Book
Hiroshima is the story of six people--a clerk, a widowed seamstress, a physician, a Methodist minister, a young surgeon, and a German Catholic priest--who lived through the greatest single manmade disaster in history. In vivid and indelible prose, Pulitzer Prize-winner John Hersey traces the stories of these half-dozen individuals from 8:15 a.m.
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- Author
- John Hersey
- Published
- 1946
- Pages
- 120
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- Open Library
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