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Title: Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse, John Bester, Shaw ISBN: 0-87011-364-X Publisher: Kodansha International Pub. Date: July, 1994 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.86 (7 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: An Interesting Perspective.
Comment: I was a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Japan for two years, and was able to visit Hiroshima several times. I visited the Peace Park memorial there, and toured the museum. It was, to say the least, a very sobering experience.
Reading this book was also sobering, but I gained an interesting perspective from doing so. The great thing about this book is that it shows the bombing from the perspective of regular Japanese people and how it affected them. They didn't really know what had happened when the bomb went off. People didn't know about atomic bombs back then the way we know now.
The book also affords a very neutral perspective on the bombing. It isn't necessarily either anti-american or pro-japanese. It just tells the story as it happened. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to know more about what happened to people in Hiroshima and how it affected their lives.
Rating: 5
Summary: Kuroi Ame
Comment: I was shocked to see that only five people have reviewed this book before me. It is such an important book in showing the tragedy caused by the Atomic bomb. The book begins by describing the peaceful life of Shigematsu a man who worked for a clothing company during WW II. At first the reader learns that Shigematsu is trying to beat radiation sickness by taking it easy and raising fish. Howerer, his idealic life is disturbed because no man is willing to marry Yasuko, his adopted daughter, because they are worried that she suffers from radiation poisoning. To help prove that she is okay. He writes out his full account of the time of the bombing. This book is mesmerizing. It shpws it graphic detail the ddestruction of the bomb. It is not blaming anyone, it is just showing the facts
Rating: 5
Summary: It never leaves
Comment: I read this book for a college course 15 years ago, and have never forgotten it. It brought me out of my safe American home into a reality the most people don't want to know about. I have recommended it to many, with warnings of course, and am buying a copy to share with others. It does not preach for or against nuclear power, it just shows the result.
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Title: Fires on the Plain by Shohei Ooka, Ivan Morris ISBN: 0804813795 Publisher: Tuttle Publishing Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Some Prefer Nettles by Junichiro Tanizaki, Edward G. Seidensticker ISBN: 0679752692 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 26 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Snow Country by Edward G. Seidensticker, Yasunari Kawabata ISBN: 0679761047 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 30 January, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: Kitchen by Banana Yoshimoto ISBN: 0671880187 Publisher: Washington Square Press Pub. Date: 01 March, 1994 List Price(USD): $12.00 |
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Title: The Woman in the Dunes by Kobo Abe ISBN: 0679733787 Publisher: Vintage Pub. Date: 16 April, 1991 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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