Kenzaburo Oe

Cuadernos De Hiroshima Kenzaburo Oe Spanish edition

En agosto de 1963, el autor se dirigio a Hiroshima para hacer un reportaje sobre la novena conferencia mundial contra las armas nucleares. Oe se intereso de inmediato por los testimonios de los olvidados del 6 de agosto de 1945: ancianos condenados a la soledad, mujeres desfiguradas y, sobre todo, los medicos que luchaban contra los efectos toxicos de la radiacion. Oe vio en su heroismo cotidiano, en su rechazo a sucumbir a la tentacion del suicidio, la imagen misma de la dignidad. Como otorgar sentido a una vida destruida? Que nos ha quedado de la catastrofe nuclear? Quien podra acabar con aquella parte de Hiroshima que todos llevamos dentro? / In the august of 1963, Oé headed to Hiroshima to cover the ninth world conference against nuclear arms. He was immediately drawn to the testimonies of those forgotten souls of August 6th 1945. The very old condemned to loneliness, disfigured women, and doctors that fought against the toxic effects of radiation. In their everyday heroism and their refusal to succumb to the temptation of suicide, Oé saw the image of dignity itself. How can we give meaning to a destroyed life? What are we left with after the nuclear catastrophe? A book which deserves its reputation as a humanist treaty with universal reach.