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Black Rain

work by Ibuse Masuji
Also known as: “Kuroi ame”
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  • Ibuse Masuji

    …the novel Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain), which deals with the terrible effects of the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.

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    …the novel Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain), which deals with the terrible effects of the bombing of Hiroshima during World War II.

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  • Japanese literature
    / The postwar novel

    …works, especially Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain) by Ibuse Masuji, succeeded in suggesting the ultimately indescribable horror of the disaster.

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    …works, especially Kuroi ame (1966; Black Rain) by Ibuse Masuji, succeeded in suggesting the ultimately indescribable horror of the disaster.

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