Curiosities of Literature | 
Yoko Ogawa on Literature as a Means of Remembering - https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/06/magazine/hiroshima-nagasaki-japan-literature....
“We appeal to the power of literature, a refuge we turn to when forced to confront contradictions that lie beyond reason or theory,” she writes. “Through the language of literature, we can finally come to empathize with the suffering of nameless and unknown others. 👇🏽
Tanisha_A Or, at very least, we can force ourselves to stare without flinching at the stupidity of those who have committed unforgivable errors and ask ourselves whether the shadow of this same folly lurks within us as well.” 4y
Tanisha_A 📷: A Japanese edition of “Summer Flowers” by Tamiki Hara, a victim of the bombing. It records the period and experience in precise detail. 4y
batsy That's a poignant image 💛 4y
JennyM 🌻🌻🌻 4y
