Black Rain (Japan's Modern Writers S.) - Softcover

"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages--of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." -- John Hersey "The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -- Sunday Times "Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -- Books and Bookmen "I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." --Spectator "Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -- New Statesman ."The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman ."The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman . "The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times "Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen "I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator "Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman .]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey "The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times "Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen "I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator "Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman .]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman .!"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey "The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times "Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen "I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator "Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman .]"This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman . "This painful and very beautiful book gives two powerful messages-of drastic warning, yet also of affirmation of life." - John Hersey"The most successful book yet written about the greatest single horror inflicted by one group of men upon another." -Sunday Times"Immensely effective.... This is a book which must be read." -Books and Bookmen"I would recommend Black Rain to every reader, even the squeamish." -Spectator"Its subtle ironies and noble, unsentimental pity are a reminder of the strengths of Japanese fiction." -New Statesman

Based on actual diaries and interviews with the survivors of Hiroshima, this novel is about friends, neighbours and a city that suddenly ceased to be.