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Hiroshima During the period near the end of World War II, the atomic bomb is dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima. During this event, six characters are left unharmed by the bomb while the rest of Hiroshima is sunken in the maimed and dead. Miss Toshinki Sasaki, Dr. Masakazu Fugii, Mrs. Hatsuyo Nakamura, Father Wilhelm Kleinsorge, Dr. Terufumi Sasaki, and Reverend Tanimoto try to restore their lives after the horrors of the atomic bomb. Dr Sasaki and ... My Petition For More Space Try to imagine a book that mostly takes place in a waiting line. Hersey does it with this marvelous tale. It is the near future, when couples have to apply to have a child, and are allowed only one. (Patriotic teen males can agree to get a vasectomy.) Personal space for individuals is limited to an 8x12-foot painted square in a large warehouse dorm, and the only area in New Haven with grass and trees is walled off -- the mayor gets to mow it but others c... The Child Buyer A mysterious representative has come to a small New England town to purchase a highly intelligent and promising 10-year-old boy named Barry Rudd from his parents and take him away for training and use in a special corporate defense project. (The "training" involves not only isolation and reeducation but major surgery.) The uproar has led to violence, battles on the school board, and an investigation by the state legislature. The story is told in the form...	View these reviews in summary mode John Hersey Message Board Talk about the novels, new and used books that Hersey has written!