A Remarkable Man

“A warm tribute…Hida offers a rare account of the horrors that he witnessed…Invaluable.” —Kirkus Reviews

“Dr. Shuntaro Hida, who witnessed the atomic attack on Hiroshima eight decades ago, spent the rest of his life helping survivors and warning of the dangers of nuclear weapons. Now, writer and filmmaker Marc Petitjean has spotlighted Dr. Hida’s powerful crusade in his excellent narrative A Remarkable Man. From the ashes of Hiroshima to the tragedy of Fukushima, Dr. Hida’s powerful and haunting story is as relevant today as it was on that fateful August morning in 1945. This is a book not to be missed.” —James M. Scott, Pulitzer Prize finalist and author of Black Snow, Rampage, and Target Tokyo

“Shuntaro Hida saw the destructive and long-lasting consequences of nuclear weapons firsthand, and dedicated his life to understanding and revealing them for decades after the United States dropped atomic bombs on Japan. Now, eighty years after the radioactive end of World War II, A Remarkable Man looks back on Hida’s life of research and advocacy. With an intimate narrative style, including Hida’s own words and Marc Petitjean’s vivid reporting and observations, A Remarkable Man illuminates not just the damage of our nuclear past but what it means for our future.” —Sarah Scoles, author of Countdown: The Blinding Future of Nuclear Weapons

Praise for The Heart:

“Compelling…[Petitjean] captures the pop and fizz of artistic circles in Paris during the interwar years…The Heart is a distinctively intimate undertaking, which is no small feat considering its well-known cast of characters…an unconventional and deeply personal biography.” —Washington Post

“An intimate portrait of the artist and her time in the lively 1930s surrealist scene.” —New York Times Book Review