{"product_id":"black-rain-paperback","title":"Black Rain - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMasuji Ibuse\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Bester\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/i\u003e 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 the black rain fell, is changed forever by periodic bouts of radiation sickness and the suspicion that her future children, too, may be affected. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003elbuse tempers the horror of his subject with the gentle humor for which he is famous. His sensitivity to the complex web of emotions in a traditional community torn asunder by this historical event has made \u003ci\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/i\u003e one of the most acclaimed treatments of the Hiroshima story.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMASUJI IBUSE\u003c\/strong\u003e 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\u003cbr\u003eeloquent use of dialect and his unique prose style had established him as one of the leading figures in the Japanese literary world. In the years since 1938 he has been awarded almost every literary prize in Japan, and on the publication of \u003cem\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/em\u003e (1966) Ibuse was presented with both the\u003cbr\u003eCultural Medal and Japan's highest literary award, the Noma Prize. \u003cem\u003eBlack Rain\u003c\/em\u003e has been translated into eleven foreign languages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 7.1 x 4.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 03, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42167299539079,"sku":"9781568364179","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/5ccc387d40e9d5ea6abbae40f31dd905.webp?v=1733326695","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/black-rain-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}