The book’s scholarship, quality of writing, and personal investment in the story by the author make it a rare and engrossing read. 389 pp. Oxford University Press. Trade Paper. [Read|Skim|Toss] [Buy|Borrow] Filed under: Books, China, History, Memoir, Nonfiction | Tagged: China, ...
The story is very simple, it’s made up of many small chapters like vignettes. John (or Jonah, with Biblical connotation), the narrator, purports to write a book titledThe Day the World Ended, which delves with what Americans were doing on the day the atomic bomb was dropped onto Hirosh...