A book about Japan that you must read: John Hersey's Hiroshima

Book review by Matt S.

"The hurt ones were quiet; no one wept, much less screamed in pain; no one complained; none of the many who died did so noisily; not even the children cried; very few people even spoke. And when Father Kleinsorge gave water to some whose faces had been almost blotted out by the flash burns, they took their share and then raised themselves a little and bowed to him, in thanks."

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