Hiroshima Diary: The Journal of a Japanese Physician, August 6-September 30, 1945

by Michihiko Hachiya M.D., Warner Wells M.D. (Editor), John W. Dower (Foreword by)

Overview

The late Dr. Michihiko Hachiya was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on the city. Though his responsibilities in the appalling chaos of a devastated city were awesome, he found time to record the story daily, with compassion and tenderness. His compelling diary was originally published by the UNC Press in 1955, with the help of Dr. Warner Wells of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, who was a surgical consultant to the Atomic Bomb Casualty Commission and who became a friend of Dr. Hachiya. In a new foreword, John Dower reflects on the enduring importance of the diary fifty years after the bombing.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780807873557
Publisher:	The University of North Carolina Press
Publication date:	12/01/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	266
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Michihiko Hachiya was a Japanese physician who survived the Hiroshima bombing in 1945. He was director of the Hiroshima Communications Hospital and lived near the hospital, about a mile from the explosion's center.

Robertson Dean has recorded hundreds of audiobooks in almost every genre. He's been nominated for several Audie Awards, won nine Earphones Awards, and was named one of AudioFile magazine's Best Voices of 2010. He lives in Los Angeles, where he records books and acts in film, TV, and (especially) on stage.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“Comes closer to telling the real story than anything I have seen outside Japan.” —Norman Cousins

“I have read it through at a sitting. . . . It is a simple and unpretentious account of compassion, sorrow, and great courage.” —Robert Oppenheimer

“A book that we all ought to read in order that we may know what we have done and what will happen in the future if the atomic weapons continue to be used.” —Pearl Buck

Editorial Reviews

“An extraordinary literary event.” —New York Times

“One of the most extraordinary records of human calamity and courage in the history of letters.” —Newsweek

“Although Hiroshima Diary is necessarily full of horrors, it is not a depressing book. Frightening certainly; but the courage, patience, unselfishness, and resourcefulness it records would make the grimmest misanthrope proud of the human race.” —Atlantic Monthly

“Comes closer to telling the real story than anything I have seen outside Japan.” —Norman Cousins

“I have read it through at a sitting. . . . It is a simple and unpretentious account of compassion, sorrow, and great courage.” —Robert Oppenheimer

“A book that we all ought to read in order that we may know what we have done and what will happen in the future if the atomic weapons continue to be used.” —Pearl Buck

From the Publisher