The American President threatened
a " rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth"
And then they dropped the Hiroshima bomb.
The nuclear destruction of the Japanese city was one of the most single signicant events in recorded history.
There was the before ... there was the after.
Before the "flash" there was life and there was composure.
After the flash, the detonation of an atomic bomb, Hiroshima was described by poetess Yoko Ohta not as a city destroyed by war but rather as a fragment of a world that was ending.
Mankind had destroyed itself and the survivors now felt they were suicides who had failed.
This is the story of the Hiroshima survival
But they did not call themselves survivors, they were the "'hibakusha", the bomb-affected people.
The Last Paper Crane takes us on a compact journey the "before" and then the flash, the "pika" and then the "after"
As a paper crane is folded from a single sheet the author takes a thousand paper cranes and unfolds a story of beautiful concept and construct.
From the searing account of the blinding flash, the harrowing search for family and the devastation both human and physical comes this compelling, moving and human story
The author combines vibrant prose with poignant free verse , unusually effective and hauntingly evocative.
In the convulsion of nuclear devastation and human angst the author maintains a sense of serenity. The Japanese may say 'shizuka' or 'heiwa.'
It permeates this endearing work which is exquisitely illustrated by
Japanese artist Natso Seki.
In her words: " I enjoyed creating circular brush strokes for the haiku.
They were drawn using Japanese calligraphy brush and ink."
A book for reflection.
a " rain of ruin from the air the like of which has never been seen on this earth"
And then they dropped the Hiroshima bomb.
The nuclear destruction of the Japanese city was one of the most single signicant events in recorded history.
There was the before ... there was the after.
Before the "flash" there was life and there was composure.
After the flash, the detonation of an atomic bomb, Hiroshima was described by poetess Yoko Ohta not as a city destroyed by war but rather as a fragment of a world that was ending.
Mankind had destroyed itself and the survivors now felt they were suicides who had failed.
This is the story of the Hiroshima survival
But they did not call themselves survivors, they were the "'hibakusha", the bomb-affected people.
The Last Paper Crane takes us on a compact journey the "before" and then the flash, the "pika" and then the "after"
As a paper crane is folded from a single sheet the author takes a thousand paper cranes and unfolds a story of beautiful concept and construct.
From the searing account of the blinding flash, the harrowing search for family and the devastation both human and physical comes this compelling, moving and human story
The author combines vibrant prose with poignant free verse , unusually effective and hauntingly evocative.
In the convulsion of nuclear devastation and human angst the author maintains a sense of serenity. The Japanese may say 'shizuka' or 'heiwa.'
It permeates this endearing work which is exquisitely illustrated by
Japanese artist Natso Seki.
In her words: " I enjoyed creating circular brush strokes for the haiku.
They were drawn using Japanese calligraphy brush and ink."
A book for reflection.