Masako's Story - Surviving the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)

On August 6, 1945, when the world's first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima, the Furuta family was living one mile away from the hypocenter. Five year old Kikuko, her mother, Masako, and her two brothers barely escaped with their lives. However, their soldier father was not so fortunate. Masako never talked about her family's experiences on that day and the grim days following the bombing. Then one day, Masako started to talk about what happened breaking a silence of nearly fifty years. Written by Kikuko (Furuta) Otake, now a retired assistant professor of Japanese in the United States, Masako's story is a collection of prose-poetry, based on the true story of her family's tragedy. It is written with an "Objectivist" lineation similar in its understated power to Charles Reznikoff's Testimony. Kikuko Otake's Masako's Story is a powerful addition to the literature of the Atomic Bomb, and yet more evidence that we should all work together to stop the Nuclear madness.

General

Imprint:	Authorhouse
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	December 2011
First published:	December 2011
Authors:	Kikuko Otake
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 11mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - With printed dust jacket / With dust jacket
Pages:	112
Edition:	2nd ed.
ISBN-13:	978-1-4634-4337-5
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > Historical, political & military Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General Books > Biography > Historical, political & military Promotions
LSN:	1-4634-4337-4
Barcode:	9781463443375

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