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Cuadernos de Hiroshima

Cuadernos de Hiroshima

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EssaysHistory
Pages
224
Published
2011
Language
Spanish

Synopsis

This collection of essays by Nobel laureate Kenzaburo Oé reflects on the aftermath of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Through personal accounts and observations, Oé explores the enduring physical and psychological scars left on the survivors and their descendants. The book offers a profound meditation on human resilience, suffering, and the moral implications of nuclear warfare.

Prose complexity
7/10

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SadMelancholicThought-ProvokingInformative
Survival

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About the author

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Kenzaburō Ōe

Japanese novelist, short-story writer and essayist, born on 31 January 1935 in the village of Ōse (now part of Uchiko) in Ehime Prefecture on the island of Shikoku. He studied French literature at the University of Tokyo under Kazuo Watanabe, a scholar of Rabelais, and began publishing while still a student, winning the Akutagawa Prize in 1958 for the novella "Shiiku" ("The Catch"). The birth of his eldest son, Hikari, with a brain hernia in 1963 became a central and recurring subject of his fic...