Hiroshima Notes

Hiroshima Notes is a collection of non-fiction essays that deliver a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature based on his visits to the city between 1963 and 1965 where he attended hearings related to the status of the survivors.

Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the valiant efforts of those who cared for them, both immediately after the atomic blast and in the years that follow, reveals the horrific extent of the devastation. It is a heartrending portrait of a ravaged city, the victims and their caregivers and their struggle to comes to terms with the tragedy.