Black Rain: a novel
by Ibuse, Masuji, translated by John Bester
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
Tokyo & Palo Alto: Kodansha Int, 1970. Hardcover. 300p., translator's preface, very good second printing in a price-clipped dust jacket with a paper band around it. Originally published in Japan Quarterly in installments and in 1966 as "Kuroi ame" in Japanese. Considered to be the first "true work of art inspired by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima" a story of a woman caught in the radioactive "black rain" that fell after the bombing. Filmed in 1989 as a Japanese film by director Shohei Imamura.
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- Bookseller
- Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 314809
- Title
- Black Rain: a novel
- Author
- Ibuse, Masuji, translated by John Bester
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Kodansha Int
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo & Palo Alto
- Date Published
- 1970
- Bookseller catalogs
- 1960S; 1940S; Nuclear weapons, Atomic bomb; Japan;
Terms of Sale
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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About the Seller
Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
Biblio member since 2005
San Francisco, California
About Bolerium Books Inc., ABAA/ILAB
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- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...