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Freshmen ~ Hiroshima

The next book you are reading is Hiroshima, by John Hersey. It was originally published in The New Yorker in August of 1946. Written just one year after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, arguably the most influential event of the 20th century, the book follows the lives of six survivors. It starts the morning of the "noiseless flash," and it ends with the author's return to Japan 40 years later.

I've ordered copies for everyone. Your first reading assignment is over the weekend.

Please bring $7.00 on Monday!

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