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Hiroshima by John Hersey6/12/2023 When the bomb explodes, Nakamura’s house is reduced to rubble. Nakamura is a widow who sews for a living. Another woman living in Hiroshima, Hatsuyo Nakamura, wakes up very early on August 6. However, because he is miles away from the blast center, he survives without any serious injuries. At 8:15 am, while Tanimoto and his friend are outside the house, a bright light flashes across the sky, and the force of the explosion throws Tanimoto to the ground. On August 6, he wakes up early to help his friend move some heavy furniture to another house. The first person, Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto, is a beloved priest. The narrative then follows six survivors of the blast as they recount their lives before, during, and after the explosion. The book opens with the sudden dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
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