| Description |
182 pages ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
| Series |
Weatherhead books on Asia |
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Weatherhead books on Asia.
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| Contents |
Cover ; Title Page; Copyright; Contents ; Nails; Stone; Insects; Honey; Shells; Birds |
| Summary |
Set in contemporary Nagasaki, the six short stories in this collection draw an unflinching portrait of the A-bomb's horrific, ongoing trauma. Whether they experienced the attack directly or have merely heard about it from survivors, many of the characters in these tales filter their pain and alienation through their Catholic faith, illuminating a side of Japanese culture little known in the West. For hundreds of years, Christianity was suppressed in Nagasaki, but the religion enjoyed a revival in modern times. The Urakami Cathedral, the center of Japanese Christian life, stood at ground zero o |
| Notes |
"Selected for the Japanese Literature Publishing Project" -- Title page verso |
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Originally published in Japanese: Tokyo, Japan : Bungei Shunjū, 2006 |
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Translation of: Bakushin |
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Also available electronically |
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Translated into English from the Japanese |
| Subject |
Atomic bomb victims -- Japan -- Nagasaki-ken -- Fiction.
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Japanese fiction -- Translations into English.
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Short stories, Japanese -- Translations into English.
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Short stories, Japanese.
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Author |
Seirai, Yūichi.
Bukushin. English
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青来有一.
爆心. English
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Warham, Paul, translator
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Japanese Literature Publishing Project.
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| LC no. |
2014014498 |
| ISBN |
0231171161 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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9780231171168 (cloth : acid-free paper) |
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(ebook) |
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