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John Hersey’s 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, and its aftermath.
- All of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” Is Now Online | The New Yorker
To mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of...
- Hiroshima: The Aftermath | The New Yorker
Writing in 1985, John Hersey follows up with the survivors...
- All of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima” Is Now Online | The New Yorker
Aug 6, 2015 · To mark the seventieth anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, we’ve made all of John Hersey’s landmark 1946 report on the bombing available online.
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Jul 7, 1985 · Writing in 1985, John Hersey follows up with the survivors he profiled in his 1946 piece “Hiroshima.”
Aug 6, 2015 · For the 70th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, The New Yorker has published online the full text of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima,” to which the magazine devoted the entire editorial...
Hiroshima is a 1946 book by American author John Hersey. It tells the stories of six survivors of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima. It is regarded as one of the earliest examples of New Journalism, in which the story-telling techniques of fiction are adapted to non-fiction reporting. [ 1]
Oct 12, 2020 · Oct. 12, 2020. On Aug. 31, 1946, when The New Yorker published John Hersey’s “Hiroshima,” the 30,000-word article’s impact was instantaneous and global. Hersey had managed to get into...
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With its raw descriptions of the terror and destruction faced by the residents of Hiroshima, Hersey’s article broke records for The New Yorker and became the first human account of the attack for most Americans.
