The Bells of Nagasaki (Japan's Modern Writers) - Softcover

"A book everyone should read." --The Times

"Nagai deserves to stand with the ethical heroes of the world, with the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr." --Daniel Berrigan

"A vivid first-hand account of the nuclear destruction of Nagasaki.... The testament of one of the most remarkable men in post-war Japan." --Bloomsbury Review

"Nagai deserves to stand with the ethical heroes of the world, with the likes of Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr." --Daniel Berrigan

"A vivid first-hand account of the nuclear destruction of Nagasaki.... The testament of one of the most remarkable men in post-war Japan." --Bloomsbury Review

Among the wounded on the day they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki was a young doctor who, though sick himself cared for the sick and dying. Written when he too lay dying of leukemia, The Bells of Nagasaki is the extraordinary account of his experience. It is deeply moving and human story. Among the wounded on the day they dropped the bomb on Nagasaki was a young doctor who, though sick himself cared for the sick and dying. Written when he too lay dying of leukemia, The Bells of Nagasaki is the extraordinary account of his experience. It is deeply moving and human story.