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The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath
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The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath Soft cover - 1985

by Oe, Kenzaburo

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New York, New York, U.S.A.: Grove Pr, 1985. Soft cover. Very Good+. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal shelfwear; "Some of Japan's best writers chronicle and re-create the impact of the tragedy of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on the daily lives of peasants, city professionals, artists, children, families. The simple details described in these superbly crafted stories testify to the enormity of change in Japanese life and in the future of our civilization.
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  • Title The Crazy Iris and Other Stories of the Atomic Aftermath
  • Author Oe, Kenzaburo
  • Binding Soft cover
  • Edition [ Edition: first
  • Condition Used - Very Good+
  • Pages 204
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Grove Pr, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • Date 1985
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 001250
  • ISBN 9780802151841 / 0802151841
  • Weight 0.35 lbs (0.16 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.2 x 5.3 x 0.6 in (20.83 x 13.46 x 1.52 cm)
  • Reading level 950
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Asian - Japanese
    • Ethnic Orientation: Asian - Japanese
  • Library of Congress subjects Japan - Social life and customs - Fiction, Hiroshima-shi (Japan) - History -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 85071162
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

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First line

SHORTLY after Hiroshima was bombed, I was at a friend's house in the outskirts of Fukuyama looking at an iris which had flowered out of season.

From the rear cover

This collection of short stories was compiled to mark the fortieth anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945.

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