<div>A year after the historic bombing that killed at least 100,000 people, John Hersey published this compassionate, journalistic account focusing on six survivors: five Japanese citizens from all stations of life (a clerk, two doctors, a seamstress, and a pastor) and a German missionary priest. These stark, unforgettable portraits of real people caught in an unimaginable event made <i>Hiroshima</i> an enduring classic. This audio edition, read with poignancy and power by Edward Asner, includes Hersey's "final chapter," written 40 years later.</div>