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Cargando... Hiroshima (edición 1989)por John Hersey (Autor)
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. John Hersey was an American journalist and was one of the first writers allowed into Hiroshima, right after the bombing. First published in 1946, this short, powerful account centers on 6 of the survivors. In their own words they describe the day of the bombing and the horrifying aftermath. It is painful to read at times but their own resilience shines through. Forty years later, Hersey returned to Hiroshima and updated their stories. I am so glad I stumbled on this classic book and it made a terrific audio experience too, narrated by the masterful George Guidall. ( ) The first half of the book was fairly good. It follows 6 survivors of the Hiroshima bomb, and the details of the day of the bomb are harrowing. However in the second half, the book falls off a lot. It continues to follow these survivors, but goes far into the mundane details of their lives years or even decades after the bomb. I understand that the intent was to show the long lasting effects of the bomb, physical (radiation), spiritual, and psychological. But it just wasn't interesting, plain and simple. The atomic bombs that were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki were at least 100x weaker then the missiles currently in our nuclear arsenal. Despite this, roughly 100,000 people were killed both from the immediate blast and the lingering effects of radiation sickness. The morality of this decision are not really discussed in _Hiroshima_ Rather, Hersey focuses on the stories of individual survivors, the hibakusha. What was most striking about the immediate aftermath of the bombing was that the people of Hiroshima acted selflessly and with a sense of humanity and community. People suffered through the horror uncomplainingly, with politeness and a gambare spirit. First published in 1946, Hersey recounts the story of the first atomic bomb dropped on the city of Hiroshima, through the recollections of six survivors. The tale begins with the residents starting their day on an August morning, completely unaware of the devastation to come. Hersey follows each of them through their initial experiences – digging themselves out of rubble, helping a child or neighbor, making their way to hoped-for shelter. Some were severely wounded, others had barely a scratch visible (though all were exposed to radiation). Some had to wait for rescue and medical treatment, while others worked tirelessly to help their fellow residents in the aftermath. Two of the survivors were doctors and two others profiled were religious leaders. It's a gripping story, made more so by the personal accounts. Some years after initial publication, Hersey updated the text to include more information about long-term effects on the six of their experience that August morning. Part of this section details the efforts of one of the survivors, in particular, to raise awareness worldwide of the horrors of nuclear war. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
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La crn?ica sobre seis supervivientes de Hiroshima que se convirti ?en un gran cls?ico del periodismo. ?Toda persona que sepa leer, debera? leer este libro. Saturday Review of Literature El verano de 1945, William Shawn, director ejecutivo de The New Yorker , habl ?con el reportero John Hersey sobre la idea de publicar un relato que ilustrara la dimensin? humana de los efectos de la bomba atm?ica en Hiroshima, pues le causaba estupor comprobar que, pese a la gran cantidad de informacin? sobre la bomba que reciba?n, se estaba ignorando lo que realmente haba? ocurrido en Hiroshima. El reportero acept ?el encargo. Hershey viaj ?a Hiroshima para investigar y entrevistar a varios supervivientes de la explosin? de la bomba atm?ica, lanzada el 6 de agosto de 1945, y decidi ?que el retrato lo conformara?n seis testimonios: una oficinista, Toshiko Sasaki; un m?ico, el Dr. Masakazu Fuji; una viuda a cargo de sus tres hijos peque?s, Hatsuyo Nakamura; un misionero alem?, el padre Wilhem Kleinsorge; un joven cirujano, el Dr. Terufumi Sasaki y un pastor metodista, el reverendo Kiyoshi Tanimoto. La publicacin? de Hiroshima trajo consigo una enorme conmocin?. El reportaje se public ?en una edicin? monotemt?ica de The New Yorker el 31 de agosto de 1946. La revista se agot ?inmediatamente y de todo el mundo lleg ?una avalancha de peticiones de reimpresin?. Su difusin? corri ?como la pl?vora y en pocos meses la editorial Alfred A. Knopf lo public ?como libro, permitiendo que al a? siguiente ya se hubiera traducido y publicado prc?ticamente en todo el mundo. En la actualidad Hiroshima lleva vendidos ms? de un milln? de ejemplares y es un referente del periodismo de investigacin? y un cls?ico de la literatura de guerra. Es el n?ico artc?ulo, entre los millares de textos escritos sobre la bomba atm?ica, que describe cm?o era la vida para las personas que haba?n sobrevivido a un ataque nuclear. Y est ?considerado como ?el ms? famoso artc?ulo de revista jams? publicado . Rese?s: ?No se puede decir nada sobre este libro que est ?al nivel de lo que este libro dice. Habla por s ?mismo y, de un modo memorable, por la humanidad entera. The New York Times ?Hay poco que se le pueda comparar en el periodismo universal. Arcadi Espada, El Pas?. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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