Letters from the end of the world
a firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima
1st ed.
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Word Count
48,500 words, Guess
Page Count
194 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelettersfromendof0000ogur
- ISBN-10477002147X
- ISBN-139784770021472
- LibraryThing1586509
- Goodreads7095732
Classifications
- DDC940.54/25
- LCCD767.25.H6 O413 1997
Description
A collection of letters that document the catastrophe of Hiroshima. The author - a professor of history at Hiroshima University - spent several days after bomb searching for his wife and son. His joy on being re-united with them was short-lived as radiation sickness took his wife ten days later.
First Sentence
That was what you said, the words coming out in broken phrases, when I finally found you alive on the night of August 7.
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