Black Rain - Paperback
by Masuji Ibuse
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Availability:In StockContributor:Masuji Ibuse, John Bester (Translator)Series:Japan's Modern WritersPublish date:2012-08-03Pages:304
Language:EnglishPublisher:Kodansha InternationalISBN-13:9781568364179ISBN-10:1568364172UPC:9781568364179Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, War & MilitarySize:7.10 x 4.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC13Y17GSM
Black Rain
Black Rain is centered around the story of a young woman who was caught in the radioactive "black rain" that fell after the bombing of Hiroshima. lbuse bases his tale on real-life diaries and interviews with victims of the holocaust; the result is a book that is free from sentimentality yet manages to reveal the magnitude of the human suffering caused by the atom bomb. The life of Yasuko, on whom...
Series: Japan's Modern Writers
Language:EnglishPublisher:Kodansha InternationalISBN-13:9781568364179ISBN-10:1568364172UPC:9781568364179Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Historical, War & MilitarySize:7.10 x 4.40 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.5997Product ID:SC13Y17GSM
MASUJI IBUSE was born in Kamo, Hiroshima Prefecture, in 1898. He majored in French at Waseda University and joined the School of Fine Arts to pursue a serious interest in painting. His first story, "Salamander," was published in 1923, when Ibuse was still a student, and by the early 1930s his eloquent use of dialect and his unique prose style had established him as one of the leading figures in...
Publisher: Kodansha International
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