{"product_id":"hiroshima","title":"John Hersey: Hiroshima [2002] paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe explosion over Hiroshima of the first nuclear bomb reduced, in an instant, an entire city to rubble and killed over 100,000 men, women and children. It also announced a new era in human history: the Atomic Age. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten only a year after the event, John Hersey's \u003ci\u003eHiroshima\u003c\/i\u003e was an immediate phenomenon. Originally published in the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e magazine - the only single article to ever fill an entire edition - it quickly became a bestseller and established itself as the definitive account of the bombing. Hersey's lucid prose and focus on eye-witness experience made plain the horror of nuclear weapons, clearly demonstrating the incredible danger this new technology posed to humanity. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis edition includes an additional chapter, written forty after \u003ci\u003eHiroshima\u003c\/i\u003e was first published, exploring the devastating long-term effects of the bomb on survivors, as well as how a city can begin to rebuild after such a catastrophe.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hersey, John","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":53306973389139,"sku":"9780141184371","price":13.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true},{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49204040401235,"sku":"XV80141184371","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/hersey-john-john-hersey-hiroshima-2002-paperback-xv80141184371-58251808670035.jpg?v=1774097377","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/hiroshima","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}