ROTHY NORMAN

124 EAST 70th STREET

NEW YORK 21, N. Y.

unsent

February 16, 1953

Dearest Tullia,

I haven't had your address. But now I am going to
write to you in the hope that somehow this letter
will reach you.

I was so happy to see you. So happy to have your
card. I still am not feeling too well. It seems
endless, this business of getting well, but I
think that I am steadily improving. Moreover, I
simply have to get back to work.

I am still in love with Rome. I am still so happy
to have seen you. Do let me know what happens to
you. Do come to America. And meanwhile, let us
keep in touch.

P.S. Give my love to the good husband.

John Hersey

Hiroshima

The chronicle of the opening of the atomic age is, as so solemn an event requires, a painstaking document. The revisions are chiefly intended to simplify the diction and increase the clarity of the narration.