Kenzaburō Ōe (31 January 1935 – 3 March 2023) was a Japanese writer and a major figure in contemporary Japanese literature. His novels, short stories and essays, strongly influenced by French and American literature and literary theory, deal with political, social and philosophical issues, including nuclear weapons, nuclear power, social non-conformism, and existentialism. Ōe was awarded the 1994 Nobel Prize in Literature.
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Oe, K. (1997). Hiroshima Notes. Equinox Publishing. https://doi.org/
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Toggle the cite modalHiroshima Notes is a collection of non-fiction essays that deliver a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature based on his visits to the city between 1963 and 1965 where he attended hearings related to the status of the survivors.... Read more
Published: 1997
Pages: 192
Paperback: 9780714530253
Hiroshima Notes is a collection of non-fiction essays that deliver a powerful statement on the Hiroshima bombing and its terrible legacy by the 1994 Nobel laureate for literature based on his visits to the city between 1963 and 1965 where he attended hearings related to the status of the survivors.
Oe’s account of the lives of the many victims of Hiroshima and the valiant efforts of those who cared for them, both immediately after the atomic blast and in the years that follow, reveals the horrific extent of the devastation. It is a heartrending portrait of a ravaged city, the victims and their caregivers and their struggle to comes to terms with the tragedy.