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The third stage was the reaction that came when the body struggled to compensate for its ills - when, for instance, the white count not only returned to normal but increased to much higher than normal levels.
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| Birth: | 17th June, 1914 |
| Death: | 24th March, 1993 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Novelist, Professor |
About
John Richard Hersey was born in Tianjin, China. He was an American novelist, journalist and professor. He studied at Yale University and the University of Cambridge. He worked for Time, life, and The New Yorker. He taught his last class in fiction writing at Yale during 1984. He wrote several novels include: A Bell for Adano (Won- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 1945), The Child Buyer (Nominations: National Book Award for Fiction), The Wall (Won- National Jewish Book Award for Fiction), The War Lover (Nominations: National Book Award for Fiction), White Lotus, Under the Eye of the Storm, The Conspiracy, My Petition for More Space, The Walnut Door, The Call, A single pebble (Nominations: National Book Award for Fiction), and Antonietta. He wrote other books include: Hiroshima, Aspects of the Presidency, Of Men and War, Too Far to Walk, Letter to the Alumni, Blues, and Into the Valley.
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