Hiroshima Three Witnesses

Name: Hiroshima Three Witnesses
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ISBN: 9780691008370

ISBN-10: 069100837X

ISBN-13: 9780691008370

Edition: 1990

Authors: Richard H. Minear

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"I'll search you out, put my lips to your tender ear, and tell you. . . . I'll tell you the real story--I swear I will."--fromLittle Oneby Toge Sankichi Three Japanese authors of note--Hara Tamiki, Ota Yoko, and Toge Sankichi--survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima only to shoulder an appalling burden: bearing witness to ultimate horror. Between 1945 and 1952, in prose and in poetry, they published the premier first-person accounts of the atomic holocaust. Forty-five years have passed since August 6, 1945, yet this volume contains the first complete English translation of Hara'sSummer Flowers, the first English translation of Ota'sCity of Corpses, and a new translation of Toge'sPoems of…

Book details

List price: $68.00
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 2/27/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.47" wide x 8.43" long x 1.22" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Note on Japanese Names and Terms


Introduction


Summer Flowers



Translator's Introduction


Summer Flowers


From the Ruins


Prelude to Annihilation


City of Corpses



Translator's Introduction


Preface to Second Edition (1950)


An Autumn So Horrible Even the Stones Cry Out


Expressionless Faces


Hiroshima, City of Doom


The City: A Tangle of Corpses


Relief


Wind and Rain


Late Autumn Koto Music


Poems of the Atomic Bomb



Translator's Introduction


Prelude


August 6


Dying


Flames


Blind


At the Makeshift Aid Station


Eyes


Warehouse Chronicle


Old Woman


Season of Flames


Little One


Grave Marker


The Shadow


A Friend


Landscape with River


Dawn


The Smile


August 6, 1950


Night


In the Streets


To a Certain Woman


Landscape


Appeal


When Will That Day Come?


Entreaty


Afterword


The Hiroshima Murals of Maruki Iri and Maruki Toshi: A Note


Glossary


Guide to Names and Places


Suggestions for Further Reading