Letters from the end of the world : a firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima

Author(s)

• 小倉, 豊文 オグラ, トヨフミ

Bibliographic Information

Letters from the end of the world : a firsthand account of the bombing of Hiroshima

Toyofumi Ogura ; translated by Kisaburo Murakami and Shigeru Fujii

Kodansha International , Distributed in the U.S. by Kodansha America, 1997

1st ed

Other Title

Zetsugo no kiroku

絶後の記録 : 広島原子爆弾の手記

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This is a collection of letters addressed to the author's young wife - killed in the bombing - document the terrible effects of atomic warfare on one family. It presents a moving account of human suffering.

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Details

• NCID: BA34070623
• ISBN:
  • 477002147X
• LCCN: 97036072
• Country Code: ja
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: Tokyo ; New York,New York
• Pages/Volumes: 194 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : D767.25.H6
  • DC21 : 940.54/25
  • NDC8 : 916
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Ogura, Toyofumi, 1899-1996
  • LCSH : Hiroshima-shi (Japan) -- History -- Bombardment, 1945
  • LCSH : World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Japanese
  • LCSH : Educators -- Japan -- Biography