Hiroshima Diary

“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